Mr Slippery8 hours ago All this pro-Isaacman commentary seems to ignore the fact that if he had been confirmed it would have been his job to carry out all of Trump’s massive cuts to NASA science. No amount of spin changes that fact. He didn’t pull his name from consideration when faced with this prospect.Continue reading “SpaceNews 1”
Tag Archives: nasa
SpaceX
The shiny starship is certainly a cultural symbol of neoliberal ideology now. It reflects the idea that these John Galt/Howard Roark/Tony Stark entrepreneurs can make a better world. A world like a science fiction novel or comic book. Like the Saturn V showing the rest of humankind the power of American capitalism by defeating theContinue reading “SpaceX”
SPACE and Musk
In a rapidly rotating environment, if you pour a drink it will go sideways… or turn your head and it will so disturb your inner ear you get extreme vertigo and nausea. It is called canal sickness and why very long tethers are really the only practical option for artificial gravity. Simply walking and operatingContinue reading “SPACE and Musk”
Trump For Sale
11:25 is where the truth-telling about fossil fuel interests and climate denial really kicks into high gear. “Among the biggest donors to Trump’s campaign.” Elon Musk called Space Solar Power “the stupidest thing ever.” The reason Musk hates Space Solar Power is because he cannot own it. In a 2012 interview: One thing we learnedContinue reading “Trump For Sale”
Another Space Review Comment?
We will see if this gets posted. My comment on the military in space has not gone up. The SLS is really the continuation of the Shuttle program and for want of money, like the Shuttle could have been turned into a reusable version, the SLS can also be transformed. It CAN be made toContinue reading “Another Space Review Comment?”
Last Comments…maybe
I doubt this will get posted on The Space Review. If so, then fine. If not, also fine. I am not happy about doing this, but I want it out there. A “true” Space Station provides a Near Sea Level Radiation 1 Gravity (NSLR1G) environment for long duration missions Beyond Low Earth Orbit (BLEO). DosingContinue reading “Last Comments…maybe”
No Starship to Mars
I call it the Parker Dyson Spudis Continuum. All of them died recently. Eugene Parker determined that a 5 meter layer of water is required to shield space travelers from cosmic radiation. Freeman Dyson validated the concept of Nuclear Pulse Propulsion with his work on Project Orion. Paul Spudis discovered the first real evidence forContinue reading “No Starship to Mars”
More Speculative Futurism
Artificial gravity only solves half of the dosing and debilitation problem. For any progress in Human Space Flight to happen a sea change regarding radiation shielding is required. As we set sail on this new sea we are going to have to take our own little ocean with us. This fundamental change is accepting massiveContinue reading “More Speculative Futurism”
Space Posts
Getting that lunar ice up into space as cosmic ray water shielding is the only path to any progress in Human Space Flight. Robot landers and rovers should be a priority. A 60 foot diameter sphere with a 26 foot sphere inside it would require 2889 tons of water shielding for 9203 cubic feet ofContinue reading “Space Posts”
Ice on the Moon 