Observations of a NeoDigital Luddite
Be Curious. Hold on to the doubt. Embrace the mundane. In this case, it all really is, honestly, rocket science. Most of us who count ourselves among the ranks of “Space Geeks” knew the public story of the amazing 2012 landing on Mars of a 900 kg, Mini-Cooper sized rover, via what seemed like an Read More …
I have to admit that I did not read Andy Weir’s novel The Martian until after I’d seen the movie. The movie proving, as several of my friends have pointed out, especially in combination with what happened in Interstellar, that you never, ever, ever get in to an airlock with Matt Damon… My take on Read More …
Paragraph I normally try to stay non date-specific topical with these posts, but today’s a little different. I normally try to stay non date-specific topical with these posts, but today’s a little different. January 27, 1967 was the day that Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffe and Ed White died at launch complex 34, at what was Read More …
As I start this post, I have NASA TV up on one screen and the SpaceX webcast on another as the countdown has proceeded through the successful launch of the NOAA JASON-3 satellite aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenburg AFB in California, and successful payload deployment. You couldn’t actually see the much of rocket Read More …