Category Archives: Space

GPS

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

In the third Indiana Jones movie, 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones comments that his friend Marcus Brody “gets lost in his own museum.” That bears an uncomfortable resemblance to me, although I have yet to get … Continue reading →

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Go.

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

Back in 2004 I had the privilege of being involved in a small way with the launch of SpaceShipOne, the first non-government spaceship. Afterwards, I wrote an article for a small newspaper in Northern California that I still write for. … Continue reading →

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Many Earths?

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) is a global set of conferences run by the American private non-profit Sapling Foundation. It was formed to disseminate “ideas worth spreading.” Since 2006, the talks conducted at these conferences have been offered for free … Continue reading →

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Large Numbers

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

The estimate of the number of stars in just our Milky Way galaxy is pegged at about 400 billion. The latest estimates based on data collected by the Hubble and other ground based instruments puts the number of galaxies in … Continue reading →

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Commitment

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepherd rode a Redstone rocket on a short, fifteen minute hop into suborbital space, becoming the first American astronaut. He flew alone in a Mercury capsule. A few weeks later, on May 25, 1961, President … Continue reading →

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The Future

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

On July 20, 1969 human beings first stepped onto the surface of the moon. First was Neil Armstrong, second was Buzz Aldrin. By 1972, when the Apollo program ended, a total of 12 men had walked on the moon. No … Continue reading →

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Extraordinary Claims

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” So said Carl Sagan. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put these words in the mouth of his character, Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four: “How often have I said to you that when you … Continue reading →

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Quote for the Day

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world. The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 … Continue reading →

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50 Years of Americans in Orbit

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

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Soyuz

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

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