I happened to view a youtube video about underrated classic science fiction movies. One of them was called Rocketship X-M. As I watched, my mouth slowly dropped open. An awful lot of coincidences to unpack here! And are they just Continue reading
Astronomers recently announced that they have identified 274 moons around Saturn. I asked Grok for a numerical breakdown of size class vs. number of moons in that size class. Two facts stand out. Now let me put on my Interplanetary Continue reading
Grok reports: The Intuitive Machines lander, named Athena, touched down near the Moon s south pole on March 6, 2025, but appears to have tipped over on its side, repeating the fate of its predecessor, Odysseus, which also tipped over after Continue reading
The book, When the Heavens Went On Sale, by Ashlee Vance, tells of a company called LeoLabs which operates a network of radar stations around the world. The stations track every object in Low Earth Orbit (= LEO, hence the Continue reading
There are people who think they are doing a service to Science by debunking any indication of the extraordinary. This trait is on display with their dismissive response toward the recent publicity regarding the so-called Square on Mars. In case Continue reading
I mean, I don t know this for sure, but that s how I would place the bet. If you ve been living on Earth more than week or two, you probably know who Elon Musk is, but you may not know who Continue reading
This book was written in 1958. I like older books for biographies because they focus on what the person did rather than his personal life. In the case of Newton, a modern book would probably spend an inordinate amount of Continue reading
Imagine a train with rail cars filled with thousands of drones that are programmed to fly buckets out to the Pacific Ocean, scoop up water, and drop on brush fires. The train goes along the California coast to where its Continue reading
This is Eric Berger s second book on SpaceX, the first being Liftoff. Liftoff was about the founding of SpaceX up to the successful launch of the Falcon 1. In this book, Berger covers the story of SpaceX up to the Continue reading
You may have seen the Bill Gates comment on My Years With General Motors: . . . probably the best book to read if you want to read only one book about business. Well, what if you want to Continue reading