Daily Archives: December 13, 2007

Xcor Aerospace in Mojave, California has been busy: XCOR Aerospace and Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) completed tests on a methane-burning rocket engine for NASA. This engine could help return America to the Moon and allow astronauts to tap extra-terrestrial sources … Continue reading →

At Man Conqueres Space, some space enthusiasts have imagined what things could have been had Von Braun’s visions, as they were shown in the Collier’s Magazine articles from 1952-1954, had actually happened. A longer and better quality trailer is available … Continue reading →

The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks tonight. Just look East when the sky is dark. Mars is in Gemini, so the constellation is easy to find. The meteors will seem to radiate from that constellation (hence the name). Up to 120 … Continue reading →

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You’re there now doing the thing on paper. You’re not killing the goose, you’re just producing an egg. So I … Continue reading →