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My 60th is fast approaching and any illusions I had about not being old will end. That number cannot be argued with. In Korean culture it is a big deal and my wife and daughter keep telling me this. I tell them it is going to be just another day. I have never been bigContinue reading “Last Lessons”

Almost 800 views and now the comments are arriving. The mockers and trolls sitting in mommy’s basement seem to have found something they can giggle and pee their pants about. Disgusting. I thought the spacex muskrats were bad…these guys are like a whole other legion.  All of these master race super-warriors and professional assassins seemContinue reading “Cruiser Ascendant Fans”

“Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children.” Donald Trump So…if someone was just surfing the internet and happened to come across my blog and it began with this picture and this quote, what would they think? While the President statedContinue reading “Independence Day”

It was a little slow last night and I had a fairly involved argument during breaks with a coworker. The issues encompassed politics, ethics, morality, etc. Since most of my coworkers are almost all extremely conservative I normally would never get into it with them but this person is the one exception and is notContinue reading “Analytical Armament”

Persistent players in my inner fantasy world seem to make an appearance in popular culture at regular intervals. In this case, not so much fantasy but nightmare. Imagine the end of the world. Really. Not kidding. It could happen. Most people don’t believe that. I believe there is a mechanism hidden from conscious view thatContinue reading “Ergo Big Three”

  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”