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SpaceNews 1

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”

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”

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”

One More Speculative Futurist Comment

A SHLV, like the shiny, can put a sphere a little over 30 feet in diameter into GEO. Perhaps stacking this on top of a stubby shiny with no payload bay and/or bigger tanks. For the sake of argument, let’s say the interior of the sphere is 26 feet in diameter. Mounted on the outsideContinue reading “One More Speculative Futurist Comment”

Helicity

The video spokesperson said they are a decade away but in reality, this was available a half a century ago. Star Wars directed energy research likely increased the efficiency greatly, but that data is of course, classified. Helicity knows this and the fusion reactor stuff is all fundraising when it is actually going to beContinue reading “Helicity”

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”