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  http://www.astronautix.com/n/novamm1c.html The average American never really accepted the idea of millions of tax dollars in hardware being used for a few minutes and then dropped in the ocean. Watching that 3000 ton 39 story high fire-spewing roaring spire disappear into the sky and only a tiny capsule barely large enough to carry 3 peopleContinue reading “F-1A, Nova, M-1, and how we failed”

NASA has a new head of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. A really good pick since she was an expert on the RCS and OMS on the Shuttle. Now she has to deal with the new elephant in the room NASA will not discuss with the public: the hypergolic abort systems onContinue reading “Kathy in Control”

Watched the John Oliver episode on Police on YouTube. The last minute and a half really got to me. “They are lucky what black people are looking for is equality and not revenge.” Thank you John for the “sentient polo mallet” remark. Make no mistake what is being discussed here is poverty. No job, noContinue reading “Lucky”

I was going to write about China and their space solar power plans in reply to a comment by Barry. Then…I began to think about future launch vehicles and spacecraft in general and decided to write specifically about spaceships. Sorry Barry. I have touched on the various elements involved in spaceflight in other posts butContinue reading “The First True Spaceship”

The day has finally come I dreaded for close to a decade. The billionaire hobbyist has sent his hobby rocket into Low Earth Orbit with a pair of unfortunate humans. Congrats to Bridenstine for “the win” and I hope he stays unsullied if something goes wrong. In 1930 “the capitalist airship” R-100 flew the AtlanticContinue reading “Der Tag”

I received a phone call last week concerning my job performance, which had been suffering due to overwork and a work related disease, and it was not good news. I am now faced with a big change in my life. After planning on continuing to work for another 10 years till I was close toContinue reading “The Phone Call From QAnon”

I was raised an Atheist and married a devout Christian. How does that work you might ask. It works because I reconciled my disbelief with my belief. A child’s basic personality is formed by the age of eight or so. It is extremely difficult to change that, but behaviors and beliefs can be “modified” toContinue reading “Flat Earth and Death”

I was going through my email and found a Wordsmith.org that really hit home. As I often do I saw a connection with another interesting item:  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52583322 So I thought I would write an entry on it. USAGE: “If the corona curves continue to crest, Covid-19 might expose as much about the dead hand ofContinue reading “Mortmain”

https://www.businessinsider.com/missions-experiments-for-space-force-mysterious-x-37b-space-plane-2020-5 “There have been very important changes recently that have made it a lot more compelling and urgent that we investigate this carefully.” “It’s been recognized even as early as the sixties that this is definitely technically feasible, there’s no violation of the laws of physics-” “-at least ten years and all told between R&DContinue reading “Jaffe on Space Solar; 2 years later”

On 17 August 1943, under a full Moon, 560 British bombers attacked the German V-2 rocket facility at Peenemunde. Ten months earlier Nazi SS officers Walter Dornberger (later Vice President of Bell Aircraft Corporation) and Wernher von Braun (later Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) had toasted the flight of “the first spaceship”Continue reading “The Forty Year Shuttle”