It feels like I’ve been on a ranty/pessimistic spree recently [wasted money, government pain-in-the-butts, societal stupidity etc. etc.] which really isn’t helping anything. Lets get back on track towards excitement with two space news stories that aren’t particularly earthshattering (or spaceshattering) on the face of it, but have awesome implications... [Read More]

Saturday Space Stories! It’s calming – despite not changing anything, somehow an Economist article about private Mars missions makes them feel even more on the ‘crazy, yet feasible’ side of the tinfoil hat line. More rocket launch sites è More Awesome, IMHO Telescopes... on the moooooon Government moving towards *less*... [Read More]

Years ago, the awesome kid’s TV show Anamaniacs sometimes had a short segment called ‘Good Idea, Bad Idea’ that contrasted two semantically similar, but hilariously different ideas (just watch the video in the link – it’s sort.) I was reminded of ‘Good Idea, Bad Idea’ by two recent articles about... [Read More]

This article about Icarus Interstellar’s attempts to generate excitement about interstellar travel inadvertently brought up something I think is a very serious unaddressed issue in space research, science in general, and elsewhere. Specifically, the opening sentence: “If humanity is serious about traveling to other star star systems in the foreseeable future,... [Read More]

Like many fledgling engineers, I spent a lot of time with the caltrops otherwise known as LEGO bricks. Traditionally used for making awesome fictional spacecraft, LEGO is now being recruited by NASA to encourage people to learn about and make awesome real spacecraft as well. NASA technology + LEGO hmmm….?... [Read More]