Elon Musk’s SpaceX, a private rocket launch company that successfully put its first rocket into orbit this past weekend, is now on track to service a large government entity, NASA: With a succes… more →
Dad2059's Blog of Science-Fiction/Science Fact and Tinfoildad2059 wrote 1 week ago: Elon Musk’s SpaceX, a private rocket launch company that successfully put its first rocket int … more →
dad2059 wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been surprised by the sizable reaction to my bet with Tibor Pacher, not just in terms of comm … more →
dad2059 wrote 2 months ago: Time to take a break from the tinfoil conspiracy thing today to post some space science, mainly inte … more →
dad2059 wrote 3 months ago: Now we take a break from our regularly scheduled tinfoil to plug for an organization that just might … more →
dad2059 wrote 5 months ago: Are Microsoft and Google in a space race? We think they are. Their rivalry is also, we believe, a … more →
dad2059 wrote 5 months ago: Stephen Hawking called for a massive investment in establishing colonies on the Moon and Mars in a l … more →
dad2059 wrote 5 months ago: The US space agency hopes to build moon bases that can house astronauts for stays of up to six month … more →
dad2059 wrote 5 months ago: Remember when rural home owners, especially farmers would hire private pilots to fly over their prop … more →
dad2059 wrote 6 months ago: In the world of the Blogosphere, especially in the virtual circles I travel in, space travel other t … more →
dad2059 wrote 7 months ago: Rocket technology has changed little since Nazi Germany perfected it in the 1940s. Somehow though, i … more →
dad2059 wrote 7 months ago: MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–A privately funded race to land a rover on the moon could cost each team … more →
dad2059 wrote 8 months ago: From LiveScience.com: Those of us who sail catamarans tend to hold a prejudicial belief that “two … more →
dad2059 wrote 8 months ago: Richard Branson unveils SpaceShip Two Just click on the image to get a better pict … more →
dad2059 wrote 9 months ago: From The Guardian Unlimited: It looks like a cut-price version of the set of a Bond movie. Blocky, … more →
dad2059 wrote 10 months ago: From associatedcontent.com : Sometime in the fall of 2010 the space shuttle will launch on its last … more →
dad2059 wrote 10 months ago: From Reuters : Space Exploration Technologies Corp, a startup aiming to slash the cost of launching … more →