“NASA” Mars base in Utah

Is it just me, or does that "NASA" base in Utah look a lot like the Mars Societie's base. I mean If you run the video, take a look at the name on the Hab Module. It says "Mars Society Mars Base." Either VOA is losing it, or NASA is claiming something not their own. More likely VOA is losing it.

T/Space Drop Test

T/Space and Scaled composites had a drop test of a scale Crew Transfer Vehicle (CXV). (more...)

Edurance Destiny

If you think that having a small McMurdo-on-the-Moon style lunar science base is space development, then your

Oh My! This is a whole new industry

Some people at Florida may be getting it, I hope. I think private space is going to have a bigger economic impact than NASA in a shorter

Some hope from NASA

NASA has decided to buy parabolic flights from Zero-G corporation rather than running their own “Vomit Comet.” I think this is a good sign. I wonder if I can buy a ticket for one of the astronauts flights…

Associate Space Press

Clark Lindsey has proposed a space syndicated press. I like it. Count Space Pragmatism in. Since UPI is dropping Robert Zimmerman and Irene Mona Klotz’s columns, we need a space focus press. It would also keep me from having to search through countless web sites every morning for [...]

Startup Rocket Companies

As a public service (and frankly just because I want to) I am going to start listing startup rocket companies I am contacted by. So starting with the one I am involved with.

2004 MN4, Return of the Jedi

As I mentioned in Why we need to Get off this Rock, Asteroid MN4 is important to pay attention to. At the ISDC a couple of weeks ago, as reported in Sounding the Alarm, Cautiously, Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart,