Daily Archives: November 5, 2007

SpaceX is another privately funded space company. Their goal is to develope orbital launch vehicles, including sending human crewed vehicles to the International Space Station. They have attempted twice to launch the Falcon 1; the first attempt failed shortly after … Continue reading →

I don’t know how you perceive my mission as a writer, but for me it is not a responsibility to reaffirm your concretized myths and provincial prejudices. It is not my job to lull you with a false sense of … Continue reading →

Bigelow Aerospace, headquartered in Las Vegas, has placed two inflatable space station prototypes in orbit, Genesis I and II. They are both functioning normally. Their first human rated station is scheduled for launch by 2010. Images from Genesis II: For … Continue reading →

You are disoriented. Blackness swims toward you like a school of eels who have just seen something that eels like a lot. Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy text adventure, published by Infocom. Send to Kindle