Some big space news items this week are the NASA authorization bill from the House Space Subcommittee and subsequent debate over the proposed asteroid mission, as well as the political fallout from the Proton rocket crash. Both of these stories beg the question: is there a reason that space exploration... [Read More]

Inspired by a conversation at work today, here’s a line of space-exploration inquiry that’s both un-PC and probably over the tinfoil hat line, but nevertheless worth considering:  Amidst all of the many plans for future robotic and manned missions to Mars, there is no talk of sending some non-human critters... [Read More]

Is there a more effective way to communicate new developments in sci/tech? This is a question that has had me scratching my head for a while now. I feel like the incentives often aren’t there to really give the full picture to people with little or no prior knowledge of... [Read More]

Recently, the American Medical Association defined obesity as a disease. Obesity is defined as having a BMI greater than or equal to 30.  Your BMI is defined as your mass in kg divided by the square of your height in meters.  All of these definitions kind of make sense when... [Read More]

Here’s yet another Kickstarter for a small, possibly awesome space project.  The proposal has received a stamp of feasibility from colleagues who have cubesat and cubesat propulsion knowledge that I trust.  Also note the images of actual developed hardware rather than just pretty graphics.  A thought on the bigger picture:... [Read More]