Is Curiosity a sign of a new NASA?
I’ll believe there’s a new NASA when Webb and SLS are finally put out of their misery. But the problem isn’t just NASA — it’s Congress.
Category Archives: Space Science
Humans Versus Robots
The pointless debate continues. And of course, it continues to carry its implicit and unshared assumption with it (e.g., that the purpose of this is “science.”).
The Venus Transit
Here’s a live webcast from Fraser Cain, Phil Plait, et al.
The Transit Of Venus
How to watch it this afternoon.
You know, if we were a true spacefaring civilization, we’d move the planet to get it in the same orbital plane as earth so we could do this every few months instead of once a century or so.
No, National Geographic
The ISS is not 1200 miles up.
That California Meteorite
It turns out that it was a fairly rare type, containing amino acids.
The Rings Of Earth
What would they look like from the surface?
The Lunar Seas
Why do they face the earth?
Tatooine Planets
There may be a lot of them. I think that this is a good example of how little we know about planet formation.
The End Of The Aztecs’ Fourth Sun
Was it caused by an impact event in the mid-Atlantic?