Space Blogs

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• Why Would Aliens Care About Us? — What if aliens came for our DNA, not our water? Here I question the Fermi Paradox and the sample size N=1 problem, and a
• My Inner Space Child — Space posters covered my walls in the sixties, and my Inner Space Child still lights up for rockets. I tour Orbiter 2016
• What If Space Really Sucks? — What if space really sucks? I riff on a Space Review essay and The Expanse, arguing Mars colonization challenges show sp
• Integral Launch and Reentry Vehicle: Triamese (1968-1969) — A surprising 1968 shuttle idea imagined three identical modules lifting a Space Base for 100 people by 1980. I walk you
• A Year in Orbit Using Apollo Technology: Command and Service Module for Longevity (1966) — Curious how Apollo hardware could keep astronauts aloft for a year? I show William Hough's 1966 CSM for Longevity study,
• Space Shuttle External Tank (ET) Applications: ET as Space Facility (1982) — Ever wondered how the Shuttle's giant External Tank became both fuel farm and structural backbone? In this post I follow
• Apollo-Soyuz II (1974) — Imagine a 1977 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project revival. In this post I trace the NASA Flight Operations Directorate study for
• The Challenge of the Planets, Part Three: Gravity — A comet once shone as brightly as Jupiter, then vanished. I trace Lexell's Comet's dramatic 1770 close approach and why
• Could the Space Voyages in the Film and Novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" Really Happen? (Part 2) — What if Discovery's engines actually worked? I trace Clarke's plasma jet and Kubrick's skeletal Discovery, compare the n
• Could the Space Voyages in the Film and Novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" Really Happen? — Could 2001: A Space Odyssey really happen? I revisit my childhood obsession and unpack NASA Glenn papers by Stanley Boro
• Could the Space Voyages in the Film and Novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" Really Happen? (Part 3) — Saturn up close is weirder than any movie set. In Part 3 of my series on could the space voyages in 2001 A Space Odyssey
• The First Voyager (1967) — Imagine standing in 1967 reading NASA's Voyager brochure. In this post I retrace JPL's Voyager program from 1961 studies
• Venus As Proving Ground: A 1967 Proposal for a Piloted Venus Orbiter — Curious how Venus could act as a proving ground for Mars? I walk through a 1967 proposal for a piloted Venus orbiter by
• Chronology: Piloted Flybys 1.0 — Did you know NASA once treated piloted Mars and Venus flybys as a low cost bridge between Apollo and crewed planetary la
• A Robotic and Piloted Planetary Exploration Program for the 1970s and Early 1980s — A bitter turning point in NASA history. I recount 1967 from the Apollo 1 cabin fire and FY1968 budget cuts to the clash
• Mars as a refuge for humanity? — Think Mars is a Plan B? I argue Mars as a refuge for humanity is a myth. I explain why Mars colonization myths fall apar
• America is demolishing its brain — Terrifying trend: the Trump administration's anti-science agenda is hollowing out NASA missions, climate research and pu
• When Iran took the Internet hostage, Elon Musk held the keys — I trace how Starlink helped Iranians stay online during the early 2026 protests, despite jamming, seizures and criminali
• Rhea From about 50,000 km — Curious what Rhea looked like during Cassini’s close flyby? In this post I unpack the 30th’s images, why the closest fra
• Cassini Team Shows Some Color — A rare color view stopped me in my tracks. I walked through NASA's surprise release of Cassini color images and the Cass
• Sharpest Image of The Sun as of 2002 — Sharpest image of the Sun in 2002, captured at La Palma by the Swedish Solar Telescope. I pulled this straight from APOD
• Shuttle and the Sun
• Wallpapers: Three From Apollo — Remember the first moonwalk? In this post I picked three Apollo wallpapers that capture the awe of the first moonwalk an
• This STS-82 Image is Not a Painting — A surprising archive image stopped me, a 1997 STS-82 photo of Joseph R. Tanner that looks painted but is real. I point o
• The Surface of Venus Revealed — Imagine walking on Venus. I dug into original Venera images and Don P. Mitchell's reprojected data, turning Soviet Vener
• Mars Express is Still Making Great Images 20 Years Later — Twenty years after launch Mars Express still delivers stunning images. As ESA's first Mars mission launched in 2003 it c
• A Long Amazing Stretch of Pluto — What a shock, Pluto's geology rivals the inner worlds. I still can't believe New Horizons' Pluto geology shows floating
• What Good is Space Exploration? — Could space exploration save the world? I make the case that the answer is yes. This post answers what good is space exp
• D.I.Y. Space Suits — Curious about a $2,000 DIY space suit versus NASA's $12 million gear? After listening to the 99% Invisible podcast I wal
• Rosetta’s Goodbye Landing — Under 10 km above comet 67P the dust field looked alive. I processed the first Rosetta goodbye landing image to reduce n
• Most Incredible REAL Video From the Surface of a Comet — Stunned by a 25 minute timelapse from the Philae lander, I guide you through the real video from the surface of Comet 67
• Enter Prometheus — A close-up view of Saturn's moon Prometheus, taken with Cassini's narrow-angle camera on December 6, 2015, grabbed my at
• We are Star Sand — Picture this, the Sun as a grain of sand. I walk you from 1,000 to 1,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 stars with sand mats, cube
• Arms around the ecliptic
• Track the Sun
• How can I see Venus?
• Get closer to the Moon without leaving the Earth — Ever wondered how close you can get to the Moon without leaving the Earth? I map the exact recipe. Stand on Mt. Chimbora
• Remember the planets — Trying to learn how to remember the order of the planets from the Sun? In this post I guide you through the eight planet
• Moon Phases Names - an easy way to remember — Try two simple tricks to memorize the 8 moon phases names, plus a fun interactive mouse demo and my Moon Hat science gif
• Mars Landing! And a Speculative Question: What Spot Would You Pick on Earth? — The Mars landing felt like a classroom moment. I walk through the Perseverance rover landing at Jezero Crater, highlight