SpaceX rocket prototype explodes in test flight
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1408/22falcon9r/#.U_iewmK9KSP This may begin to show what SpaceX is really made of. What can they do with a bit of a setback that is also public. Will they have to...
View ArticleOPINION – It’s Time to Send a Lander like Morpheus to the Moon
SaintsCadet: Morpheus is NASA’s little known but highly successful test program of a prototype lunar lander that could one day successfully land men, women, and cargo on the Moon. Morpheus was born...
View ArticleOPINION – Upcoming Flight of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft will be a Mission of...
AdminCadet: The following article by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center concerning the upcoming flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft is very good....
View ArticleSpaceX Failure Seen Slowing NASA Pick on Capsule Contract
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-25/spacex-failure-seen-slowing-nasa-pick-on-capsule-contract.html Flashgordon2014: I personally feel this failure alerted the SpaceX team not to become...
View ArticleRoscosmos Chief Discusses Plans for GLONASS Stations in China
Flashgordan2014: This is interesting news just out. I am wondering if the Russian sense that when the commercial companies come onboard to provide American astronaut launch services to the ISS, they...
View ArticleA Major Malfunction: The Fateful Launch Of Challenger
Flashgordan2014: I am a bit disturb that one of the headings states “Defective Design” referring to the O-rings design. I don’t think it was ever meant to operate at those cold temperatures that...
View ArticleAsteroid Initiatives LLC Intends to Dramatically Lower the Price of Asteroid...
Flashgordon2014: This is the first time I hear of this company. However, they are still in the raising capital phase. I wish them luck. A quote from their website: “Asteroid Initiatives will...
View ArticleAtomic Space Propulsion and Power
Flashgordon2014: Interesting article on evolution of propulsion. Clearly, we are going to need nuclear propulsion for deep space travel–solar is not going to cut it. I like the quote from Konstantin...
View ArticleNASA Space Shuttle Data Tapped To Combat Climate Change – OPINION
AdminCadet: First let me say that I am not a “believer” that human produced CO2 is the prime cause behind the climate change that our Earth is apparently experiencing today. Recent analysis results...
View ArticleSierra Nevada Challenges NASA’s Space Taxi Deal With SpaceX, Boeing – OPINION...
AdminCadet: First, here is the story – taken from NBC New’s website. I recommend you glance at this first:...
View ArticleChina’s fourth spaceport completed in boost for space program
FlashGordon2014: They are going to kick our butts!!! http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1618422/construction-mainlands-fourth-spaceport-finished Credit : Adrian Wan adrian.wan@scmp.com,South China...
View ArticlePhilae “Mignon” – the Rosetta Lander Finds Organic Molecules on the Comet
FlashGordon–I am reminded of Carl Sagan’s quote:” We are made from star stuff.” I never realized that the theory of seeding earth from comets was old. From the article” That theory, panspermia, was...
View ArticleStrange thrust: the unproven science that could propel our children into space
From the article: For many decades, a fantasy among space enthusiasts has been to invent a device that produces a net thrust in one direction, without any need for reaction mass. Of course, a...
View ArticleNASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is awake and cruising toward Pluto
FlashGordon2014: It’s alive!!! :) From the article: ” NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is awake and doing fine.The spacecraft bound for Pluto roused itself from its latest hibernation on Saturday at noon...
View ArticleDiscussion of Climate Change Data
The following is a discussion by a Mr. Gene Grush, retired mechanical engineer, on the data that has been used to predict climate change. Global Temperature DiscussionFiled under: All Posts
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