50th Anniversary of First Saturn V Launch (opens the source in a new tab)
50 years today. Good summary at space.com
Space
SpaceX Rocket Goes 'Splodey (opens the source in a new tab)
Test rocket for the block 5 Falcon. Won't hit current manifest.
No Space Corps Today (opens the source in a new tab)
New version of the bill drops provision for a new US Space Corps. Damn
Commercial Cargo Already a Bargain for NASA (opens the source in a new tab)
NASA already made back all money spent on commercial space. Bargain.
Wooden (Space) Ships (opens the source in a new tab)
Ranger lunar probes 3, 4, and 5 had balsa wood 'impact-limiter' shells
Dust at Proxima Indicates a Complicated System (opens the source in a new tab)
Since this is the closest star to Earth, fascinating.
Would Natural Selection Create Aliens Like Us? (opens the source in a new tab)
Not an unreasonable speculation. But aliens might just be *alien*
Orbital Cleanup, Power Beaming and Comms at ISS (opens the source in a new tab)
Good review, especially of the orbital cleanup issue.
Ion Thruster Technology (opens the source in a new tab)
Good summary of current state of the technology.
Scott Pace of Nat'l Space Council - Heavy Lift Rockets Aren't Commercial (opens the source in a new tab)
There's more, although this was boneheaded.
Conservatives Attack SpaceX (opens the source in a new tab)
This makes no sense. Sure, spacex takes gov't money but srsly...
SpaceX SFR (opens the source in a new tab)
Mini BFR idea from ToughSF, more likely a model 2 than a prototype tho
Entrepreneurial Space Age Began in '09 (opens the source in a new tab)
And ramped up in '14. This is still the shallow part of the curve
The Trillion Dollar Storm (opens the source in a new tab)
Solid review of solar storm/carrington event/emp
50th Anniversary of First Saturn V Launch (opens the source in a new tab)
Nice excerpt from Apollo: Race to the Moon
Automated Mining and Factories on Earth Precursors for Space (opens the source in a new tab)
Of course, automated factories are also precursors for SkyNet.
Ancient Oceans on Ceres (opens the source in a new tab)
I'd like to think its part of the long lost fourth planet.
Lightsail Tech Test Flight (opens the source in a new tab)
Private Lightsail 2 craft scheduled for launch on Falcon Heavy
Magnetic Fields in Space (opens the source in a new tab)
I think they're even more significant than Dr. Sutter does. Good read.
