Astronomers have discovered a planetary toasters

planetary-toastersAstronomers have proposed an explanation of the phenomenon of "inflation" of the planets circulating in small orbits around their stars.

Specialists interested in "hot Jupiter’s", are on a very short distance from its star - much closer than Mercury to the Sun. So far, (more...)

Written on May 15, 2010 | Posted in Astronomy, Editorial | No comment

Who is Mike Griffin?

I am having a little trouble figuring out who Dr. Mike Griffin, Director of NASA, really is. In a speech he gave at the Lunar and Planetary Institutes's LPSC, he discussed the recent reduction in Mars missions and expansion of (more...)
Written on March 21, 2008 | Posted in Editorial, NASA | No comment

What The Bigelow/Lockheed Agreement Says about Lockheed

Everyone seems to be talking about what the deal between Bigelow Aerospace and Lockheed Martin to us an Atlas V to take people to the inflatable space station says about what Bigelow is doing. I, however, see it a different way. What does it say about Lockheed?

Written on February 11, 2008 | Posted in Editorial, New Space, Space Tourism | No comment

Editorial: What is Really Imporant in Space

Clark Lindsey made a comment this morning about NASA and cost:
Cost is the great and overriding barrier both to space development and to renewed public interest in space. The growing interest and excitement about the nascent commercial spaceflight industry is based on its promise of significantly lower costs and in giving [...]

Written on March 13, 2007 | Posted in Editorial | No comment

SpaceX Launch Today

I have had a family medical emergency this week, so sorry for no news updates. Next week should be back to normal. -djs
SpaceX is set to lanch the Falcon I today at 1:00pm PST (3:00pm CST). The static fire went off witout a hitch and we are go for launch. Out of [...]

Written on March 24, 2006 | Posted in Editorial | No comment