2017, Moonshots and Snowflakes
It’s Christmas, 2017. Since last Christmas we, as a nation, have been through and seen a lot. While not getting into specifics, I did not expect in my lifetime to […]
Space Exploration
The Great American Eclipse: Part I – The Plan
This coming Monday, 21 August, the United States will see something that it hasn’t seen in nearly a century. A total solar eclipse will cross from coast to coast, entering […]
One Small Sentence, One Vital Task
“The search for life’s origins, evolution, distribution, and future in the universe.” One phrase, a small group of words forming a short sentence in a 58 page bill. Yet that […]
We Need a Moonshot
I was born just a few months after the return of the last human crewed Earth mission to the Moon. Apollo 17 launched on December 7, 1972, it’s lunar module […]
Good Reads, 2016 Edition
This is a little late, but figured I’d still push this out. 2016 was a fascinating year in many ways, most of which I’d rather not rehash right now. For […]
To Boldly Go, Part II
Back in October I wrote a piece discussing the next generation of space exploration. Specifically human crewed exploration, and the shift from public to private sector missions and advancement. I […]
The Star
“In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been […]
A Cosmic Influence
Twenty years ago today, Carl Sagan passed away from a cancer-related blood disease, myelodysplasia. If you know ANYTHING about twentieth century astrophysics, you know who Dr. Sagan was and what […]
To Boldly Go…Part I
“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly […]
Trek
Some of you may know I am a sci-fi nut. While my knowledge of television and film is not encyclopedic, it does spread over a wide range of shows and […]