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Science and Technology: Spaceward, ho!
If you know me, then you know that I am a big fan of all things Elon Musk, but especially his spectacular endeavors at SpaceX. I have long believed that the commercial exploitation of space–as opposed to its continued government monopoly–is the future of human space travel, and I believe Elon Musk represents the bleeding […] Continue reading
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Tagged Commercial Exploitation of Space, technology
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Seeing the world in studs: a Lego journey: Subscale Space Random Build
Here is a space station and space ships in subscale I built from a recently arrived random 1 pound of grey bricks. I used about half the bricks that came in this build. I really need to build a photo box to get better pictures of this stuff… DLH Continue reading
Science and Technology: Curiosity
In case you missed it, the Mars Science Laboratory, dubbed “Curiosity” by its builders, landed safely on Mars last night. Trust me, even if you don’t care, it’s a really big deal, and an important step for NASA after shutting down the Space Shuttle program. What’s more, compared to a lot of things the government […] Continue reading
Science and Technology: Some thoughts on Gingrich’s moon base idea and on why America is losing the technology race
My first thought on reading the predictable backlash against Newt Gingrich’s moon base idea was, “Americans suck.” I thought that because the backlash is so short-sighted of all the positive things building a moon base would bring to the table. It’s not like the money and effort to build a moon base would be poured […] Continue reading
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Science and Technology: The Dragon has landed
Following up on yesterday’s successful launch by SpaceX, they also successfully recovered the Dragon capsule put into orbit by the Falcon 9 rocket. I know a lot of people shrug their shoulders at this kind of news, especially because the government has been doing space launches just like this for decades. Yet, if a private […] Continue reading
