“The manned moon shot, like the war on terror, is an example of the inferiority of the political allocation of resources. In their choices of projects, political leaders do not seem to display a high degree of rationality, or at least their rationality seems distinctly below what common sense or even a small amount of […]

Read More Lunar Supremacy and Lunacy

Readers: I have been contacted by the group at the website, http://www.tasha9503.com. Check it out. Here are 17 questions/feedback that they have wanted information on. I think its best left to readers of the blog to respond to this group re their plan to launch an 80 unit condo project throughout the galaxy. Here are […]

Read More This Space Project Wants Your Feedback

The 20th annual SmallSat meeting in Logan, Utah was attended by roughly 800 people representing industry (from Boeing on down), academia (both faculty and students), US government (USAF, USN, DOD, and NASA) and a number of foreign interests. The 3-1/2 days of talks included presentations by the NASA Administrator, the recently retired commanding general of […]

Read More Final Thoughts on SmallSat 2006

I am at the Small Sat Conference in Logan, Utah and heard the Griffin speech on Monday. I was with Leonard David who also heard the speech and then wrote the article that has been selectively quoted widely on the net and in discussion groups. The link to the space.com story is at the bottom […]

Read More Administrator Griffin at Small Sat Speaks on COTS:

Well, for those who haven’t been following along on the little debate on the merits (or lack thereof) of Government investment in spaceports, here’s a little update on the happenings in New Mexico. Apparently, not liking the advice given to them by their hired investment advisors (Fort Washington Investment Advisors), the State Investment Council of […]

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