Saturday Stories! Sometimes people act like we have Space all figured out – mostly nothing with a few interesting phenomena, but we haveunknown unknowns in our own backyard!</p> Cremation Cubesats Anybody? Privacy concerns... in spaaaaaace Things I don't think the news needs to be reminding people: Trees record things in... [Read More]

Sad news from today: it looks like the planet-hunting Kepler telescope has been permanently crippled by a mechanical malfunction. I wonder what amount of the unfeasibility of sending a mission to fix Kepler is technical, what part is due to real cost-benefit analysis, and what part is just a lack... [Read More]

When an experience blows your mind, it leaves a permanent mark. That being the case, I schemed about Ditch Day a lot during my sophomore (s’more) and junior years.  One of my favorite parts of ditch day was how it led to the discovery of parts of campus that I... [Read More]

Today was a day of lengthy conversations on many topics. One that I’m still wrestling with is the question: “what is the role of vertical integration in the private space industry?” Currently, space tech companies seem to employ vertical integration significantly more than other industries. This phenomenon is especially well... [Read More]

In almost any undertaking, there is the ‘right’ way to do it … and a way that works best. The trick to being effective is to realize that the two aren’t always the same, and when that Often, knowing when ‘right’ is not best comes from experience. In almost any... [Read More]