Category Archives: Space

Warp Drive

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

I am a science fiction fan. Since I was in third grade, I’ve been reading science fiction books and stories and they continue to dominate my leisure time reading. Certainly I read some other sorts of things, ranging from theology … Continue reading →

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Remembering Apollo

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

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Space Today

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

With the death of Neal Armstrong on Saturday, August 25, 2012, some may look back at his monumental feat, and then turn to the present and think that the human race has lost its way space. Not quite. In June, … Continue reading →

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Curiosity Rover

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

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Landing on Mars

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

JPL has created this nice video combining the animation of the landing of Curiosity with the video of the engineers and scientists at JPL in the control room while the landing was actually happening, announcing it step by step. Send … Continue reading →

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Immensity

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

The late science fiction author, Arthur C. Clarke, famous for 2001: A Space Odyssey, wrote, “The fact that we have not yet found the slightest evidence for life — much less intelligence — beyond this Earth does not surprise or … Continue reading →

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Curiosity on Mars!

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

Curiosity has successfully landed on Mars. It landed on its own, autonomously. The United States has had a robotic presense at Mars (in orbit or on the surface) for the last 15 years. The United States is the only nation … Continue reading →

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Profound Emptiness

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams wrote “Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but … Continue reading →

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The Value of Poetry

Posted on August 2, 2012 by

On Sunday, about 10:30 PM Pacific Time, a one ton nuclear powered rover carrying lasers to blast rocks, a laboratory, and 3-D cameras will land on Mars after an eight and a half month trip. It cost the American taxpayers … Continue reading →

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Dream

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

On May 25, 1961, before a special joint session of the congress, President Kennedy said, “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and … Continue reading →

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