• Is Someone Fiddling With Don Pettit's Blog? Still No Answer.

    Updated: 2012-02-06 17:18:00
    . Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Is Someone Fiddling With Don Pettit's Blog Still No . Answer By Keith Cowing on February 6, 2012 12:18 PM View Comments Reader note 31 : Jan The following relates to previous discussions on NASAwatch about what text , pictures , items , etc belong to NASA and which belong to the astronauts themselves . I really have been enjoying reading Don Pettit's blog at Air Space about his life on

  • NASA's Gloomy Budget Outlook

    Updated: 2012-02-06 15:23:10
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy NASA's Gloomy Budget Outlook By Keith Cowing on February 6, 2012 10:23 AM View Comments Commentary : Cutting NASA's budget would be a bad move Commentayr , Washington Post When released next week , President Obama's 2013 budget will undoubtedly kick off another round of discussions over how much to spend on the nation's space program and which space projects should be funded . In this era

  • Different Takes on Newt Gingrich's Space Ideas

    Updated: 2012-02-06 15:08:35
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Different Takes on Newt Gingrich's Space Ideas By Keith Cowing on February 6, 2012 10:08 AM View Comments Newt defends his space program Politico Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Sunday defended his comments about expanding the U.S . space program . This was not some slip . This was a deliberate effort to start a conversation , Gingrich said on NBC's Meet the Press . Last

  • Armadillo Aerospace Launches Their Third "STIG-A" Rocket from Spaceport America

    Updated: 2012-02-06 14:17:04
    Photo Courtesy of Armadillo Aerospace Caption: "View of the Rio Grande River valley from 239,000 ft (~50 mi) aboard Armadillo Aerospace's STIG-A rocket launched from Spaceport America, taken January 28, 2012." read more

  • Asteroid Vesta Floats in Space in High Resolution 3-D

    Updated: 2012-02-06 01:36:32
    The giant Asteroid Vesta literally floats in space in a new high resolution 3-D image of the battered bodies Eastern Hemisphere taken by NASA’s Dawn Asteroid Orbiter. Haul out your red-cyan 3-D anaglyph glasses and lets go whirling around Vesta and sledding down mountains to greet the alien Snowman! The sights are fabulous ! The [...]

  • The Commercial Crew Forum NASA Is Not Bothering to Promote

    Updated: 2012-02-05 22:40:31
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy The Commercial Crew Forum NASA Is Not Bothering to Promote By Keith Cowing on February 5, 2012 5:40 PM View Comments NASA Commercial Crew Forum The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA will present an updated status of the Commercial Crew Program CCP strategy on Tuesday , Feb 7, 2012. The Forum will be held at the Press Site at Kennedy Space Center from 11:00 a.m . to 12:00

  • Photo: Bahamas - In Infrared - As Seen From Orbit

    Updated: 2012-02-05 18:53:10
    This infrared view shows the Bahamas' Long Island (left) and parts of Little and Great Exuma (right). It was photographed as part of an experiment by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Jan. 17, 2012. ISS030-E-050563 (17 Jan. 2012) --- high res (1.3 M) low res (109 K) read more

  • Photo: Impact Crater: Manicouagan Reservoir in Quebec, Canada As Seen From Orbit

    Updated: 2012-02-05 18:52:29
    : : , Monday , February 6, 2012 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts Photo : Impact Crater : Manicouagan Reservoir in Quebec , Canada As Seen From Orbit Submitted by keithcowing on Sun , 02 05 2012 11:52. Earth This photo showing the Manicouagan Reservoir in Quebec , Canada , was photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station . The Manicouagan Reservoir marks the site of an impact crater , 60 miles 100 kilometers wide , which , according to scientists , was formed 212 million years ago when a meteorite crashed into this area . Scientists say that over millions of years the many advancing and retreating glaciers and other erosional processes have worn down the crater .

  • Photo: Persian Gulf and a Soyuz As Seen From Orbit

    Updated: 2012-02-05 18:51:32
    This almost vertical scene of the Persian Gulf was photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 30, 2011. A Russian spacecraft, docked to the orbital outpost, is seen at left edge of frame. ISS030-E-035698 (30 Dec. 2011) --- high res (1.0 M) low res (69 K) read more

  • Doubt Grows About NASA's Arsenic-based Life Claims

    Updated: 2012-02-05 17:31:48
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Doubt Grows About NASA's Arsenic-based Life Claims By Keith Cowing on February 5, 2012 12:31 PM View Comments Study challenges existence of arsenic-based life Nature A group of scientists , led by microbiologist Rosie Redfield at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver , Canada , have posted data on Redfield's blog that , she says , present a clear refutation of key findings from

  • Spanning the HEOMD-SMD Gap

    Updated: 2012-02-04 23:06:18
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Spanning the HEOMD-SMD Gap By Keith Cowing on February 4, 2012 6:06 PM View Comments NASA science chief advocates ties with human spaceflight SpaceflightNow Grunsfeld told Spaceflight Now he met with Bill Gerstenmaier , head of NASA's human exploration division , in his first week in office . One of the reasons I'm in this job now is because NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden believed that

  • Roger Boisjoly

    Updated: 2012-02-04 16:47:28
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Roger Boisjoly By Keith Cowing on February 4, 2012 11:47 AM View Comments Roger Boisjoly , 73, Dies Warned of Shuttle Danger NY Times Six months before the space shuttle Challenger exploded over Florida on Jan . 28, 1986, Roger Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo . He warned that if the weather was too cold , seals connecting sections of the shuttle's huge rocket boosters could fail . The

  • Cities at Night Panorama of Millions of US East Coast Earthlings

    Updated: 2012-02-04 03:44:57
    Do you live here? Tens of millions of Earthlings live and work in the bustling and seemingly intertwined American mega-metropolis of the Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center splotch) captured in this stunning “Cities at Night” panorama of the East Coast of the United States along the Atlantic seaboard (image above). Look northward and you’ll see [...]

  • NRC to NASA: Euclid is Not WFIRST

    Updated: 2012-02-03 18:27:11
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  • Lots of People Want to be an Astronaut (updated)

    Updated: 2012-02-03 17:43:08
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Lots of People Want to be an Astronaut updated By Keith Cowing on February 3, 2012 12:43 PM View Comments NASA Receives Second Highest Number of Astronaut Applications More than 6,300 individuals applied to become a NASA astronaut between Nov . 15, 2011 and Jan . 27, the second highest number of applications ever received by the agency . After a thorough selection process , which includes

  • Another Exploration Roadmap to Consider

    Updated: 2012-02-03 17:03:36
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Another Exploration Roadmap to Consider By Keith Cowing on February 3, 2012 12:03 PM View Comments Cislunar is the next destination for America in space Cislunar Space Next Paul Spudis Develop a space transportation system using existing assets to the extent possible , build new reusable vehicles to transit cislunar space , develop lunar resources with the aim of propellant production ,

  • NASA's "We Explore Space" Concept Maps

    Updated: 2012-02-03 17:00:38
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy NASA's We Explore Space Concept Maps By Keith Cowing on February 3, 2012 12:00 PM View Comments NASA Internal Memo : Public release of We Explore Space' Concept Maps We are pleased to notify you that the human space exploration project you graciously offered your time and expertise to support has been completed and is being released to the public at this very moment You may launch into the

  • Vega pushed back to 13 Feb - getting close to ATV deadline

    Updated: 2012-02-03 09:23:25
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Vega pushed back to 13 Feb getting close to ATV deadline Galileo is go contracts signed Counterfeits in Space Vega : all bolted together , waiting for the go sign X-37 Spying on Tiangong Maybe , but not yet Vega launch could slip into February Pics of Energomash test stand NASA's CCDev returns to SAAs Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Recent Comments Ivan Soose commented on To infinity or the bank Many thank Thomas Anderson commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines I personal Young commented on To infinity or the bank i've been Gordon Werner

  • Commercial Space Interest on the Rise in Virginia

    Updated: 2012-02-03 01:05:56
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Commercial Space Interest on the Rise in Virginia By Keith Cowing on February 2, 2012 8:05 PM View Comments Virginia Govenor Robert McDonnell to Address 15th Annual FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference Notable speakers will include : The Honorable Robert McDonnell , governor , Va . Billie Reed , leader of Virginia's spaceport , is planning retirement Daily Press Virginia is one of

  • Botched Test Delays Next Soyuz Launch

    Updated: 2012-02-03 00:08:19
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Botched Test Delays Next Soyuz Launch By Keith Cowing on February 2, 2012 7:08 PM View Comments Russia orders Soyuz delays in wake of test mishap Spaceflight Now Outside experts have questioned Russian quality control , but Suffredini said the problems appeared to be unrelated and he expressed confidence his counterparts will get to the bottom of the latest incident , implement corrective

  • Today's Most Inaccurate Headline Award

    Updated: 2012-02-02 19:32:12
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Today's Most Inaccurate Headline Award By Keith Cowing on February 2, 2012 2:32 PM View Comments NASA takes first ever video of dark side of the moon Fox News Keith's : note Of course , video has been shot from lunar orbit before and there is no dark side of the Moon all portions of the surface are dark or sunlit at one point or another depending on where the Moon is in its orbit . The only

  • NASA OIG Report on SBIR/SBTT Contract Management

    Updated: 2012-02-02 18:33:10
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy NASA OIG Report on SBIR SBTT Contract Management By Keith Cowing on February 2, 2012 1:33 PM View Comments NASA's Management of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Contracts Funded by the Recovery Act We found NASA's Recovery Act internal controls were generally effective in ensuring proper oversight , management , and transparency of Recovery Act

  • NewsFlash: Russia to Begin Search for Alien Planets

    Updated: 2012-02-02 16:59:07
    Russia plans to start their own search for planets outside our solar system following U.S. and French successes in finding such exoplanets. The U.S. Kepler space telescope and France's CoRoT space telescope have been successful in identifying exoplanets, while Russia's...

  • SpaceX Successfully Tests SuperDraco Engine --Ability to Perform On-Target Propulsive Landings Anywhere in the Solar System

    Updated: 2012-02-02 15:00:00
    Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has successfully test fired SuperDraco, a powerful new engine that will play a critical role in the company’s efforts to change the future of human spaceflight. “SuperDraco engines represent the best of cutting edge technology,” said...

  • Galileo is go - contracts signed

    Updated: 2012-02-02 14:53:09
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Counterfeits in Space Vega : all bolted together , waiting for the go sign X-37 Spying on Tiangong Maybe , but not yet Vega launch could slip into February Pics of Energomash test stand NASA's CCDev returns to SAAs Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines To infinity or the bank Recent Comments Ivan Soose commented on To infinity or the bank Many thank Thomas Anderson commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines I personal Young commented on To infinity or the bank i've been Gordon Werner commented on

  • "NASA Satellite Detects Alien Atoms" --Different from Chemical Composition of Our Solar System

    Updated: 2012-02-01 16:33:26
    NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, the centerpiece of a $169 million mission mapping the frontier of the sun's influence, has detected atoms from interstellar space streaming by Earth, that are different from the chemical make-up of the solar system, scientists announced...

  • 1st Video of Moon's Far Side! --NASA's GRAIL Mission

    Updated: 2012-02-01 15:21:00
    A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And InteriorLaboratory (GRAIL) lunar spacecraft has returned its first unique view of the far side of the moon.MoonKAM, or Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students, will be used by studentsnationwide...

  • Amazing moonset video taken from space!

    Updated: 2012-02-01 01:32:31
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Q BA : What happens if you are exposed to the vacuum of space What caused the Little Ice Age Amazing moonset video taken from space Thanks to astronaut Ron Garan on Google+ I was alerted to some amazing footage of the Moon setting as seen by astronauts on board the International Space Station . I uploaded it to YouTube and added some comments to show you something really cool Set it to high-def and make it full screen Astonishing , isn’t it As the Moon sets , you’re seeing it through thicker and thicker air . The air acts like a lens , bending the light upward . The part of the

  • Counterfeits in Space?

    Updated: 2012-01-31 20:05:38
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Vega : all bolted together , waiting for the go sign X-37 Spying on Tiangong Maybe , but not yet Vega launch could slip into February Pics of Energomash test stand NASA's CCDev returns to SAAs Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Recent Comments Ivan Soose commented on To infinity or the bank Many thank Thomas Anderson commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines I personal Young commented on To infinity or the bank i've been Gordon Werner

  • Vega: all bolted together, waiting for the go sign

    Updated: 2012-01-27 15:49:54
    : , FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries X-37 Spying on Tiangong Maybe , but not yet Vega launch could slip into February Pics of Energomash test stand NASA's CCDev returns to SAAs Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it Recent Comments Ivan Soose commented on To infinity or the bank Many thank Thomas Anderson commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines I personal Young commented on To infinity or the bank i've been Gordon Werner commented on

  • Earth in High-Def

    Updated: 2012-01-25 18:14:46
    The Blue Marble, 2012 There it is folks, our home in space.  The Blue Marble. Mother Earth. Whatever you want to call it, it’s home to all the life we actually KNOW about in the cosmos. This image was taken using an instrument called VIIRS (short for Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer, sensitive to both visible and infrared wavelengths [...]

  • X-37 Spying on Tiangong? Maybe, but not yet

    Updated: 2012-01-25 14:14:15
    , FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Vega launch could slip into February Pics of Energomash test stand NASA's CCDev returns to SAAs Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it Back from Mars , safe and sound Recent Comments Ivan Soose commented on To infinity or the bank Many thank Thomas Anderson commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines I personal Young commented on To infinity or the bank i've been Gordon Werner commented on Sci-fi movie

  • Conundrum

    Updated: 2012-01-23 19:52:01
    Whenever I’m stuck in proposal writing hell, I tend to come up with all sorts of fun ideas for blog posts. But my inner adult likes reminding me “if you have the mental bandwidth to be doing creative writing, you should be getting those proposals written so you can get Altius more money, not having [...]

  • No Blogging Today

    Updated: 2012-01-18 17:59:07
    In protest of SOPA/PIPA, I’m not going to do any other blog posts today.  That is all.

  • Vega launch could slip into February

    Updated: 2012-01-06 00:42:00
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Pics of Energomash test stand NASA's CCDev returns to SAAs Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it Back from Mars , safe and sound China and Fear Recent Comments brooklyn web design commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines is it poss Thomas Anderson commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines I personal Young commented on To infinity or the bank i've been Gordon Werner commented on

  • Pics of Energomash test stand

    Updated: 2012-01-03 17:16:41
    The general public, especially reporters, are not generally allowed anywhere near sensitive Russian facilities. Fortunately, a blogger snuck into an Energomash facility and took extensive pictures of where rocket engines are tested.

  • NASA's CCDev returns to SAAs

    Updated: 2011-12-15 19:13:29
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it Back from Mars , safe and sound China and Fear Chinese Military Suspected in Hacker Attacks on US Satellites VEGA launch date set 26 Jan 2012 Recent Comments Thomas Anderson commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines I personal Young commented on To infinity or the bank i've been Gordon Werner commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines Continenta

  • Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space

    Updated: 2011-12-09 14:45:51
    After firing from Spaceport America in New Mexico, Armadillo's Stig-A successfully flew to 137,000 ft. Stig-A is now nearly halfway to the Karman Line, the arbitrary line that marks the official transition from atmosphere to space. Of course, there is a videoArmadillo, a tiny but driven company, has for years been building small rockets with the goal of suborbital flight. If they haven't quite made it, they're certainly well on their way.

  • I Have a Blog? Woah…

    Updated: 2011-11-16 16:04:03
    I got a subtle reminder today from Will Pomerantz and Ben Brockert, that I in fact have this blog thing, and that I probably shouldn’t be using twitter for blog posts… [Of course the real reason I do stuff like that on Twitter is because my adult supervision at Altius doesn't do Twitter, which allows [...]

  • Vega on track for January launch

    Updated: 2011-11-11 14:54:59
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it Back from Mars , safe and sound China and Fear Chinese Military Suspected in Hacker Attacks on US Satellites VEGA launch date set 26 Jan 2012 TAM Panel : Our Future in Space Recent Comments Gordon Werner commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines Continenta Kingfisher Airlines in Dubai commented on Soyuz Guiana update What an aw Nicky Spriggins commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer I read you

  • Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it

    Updated: 2011-11-09 20:51:41
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it Back from Mars , safe and sound China and Fear Chinese Military Suspected in Hacker Attacks on US Satellites VEGA launch date set 26 Jan 2012 TAM Panel : Our Future in Space Galileo satellite separation live video Soyuz Guiana update Recent Comments Kingfisher Airlines in Dubai commented on Soyuz Guiana update What an aw Nicky Spriggins commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer I read you Sherrill Kuepfer commented on Taking space very seriously I enjoy ch Shiela Pillers commented on Taking space very seriously I enjoy co

  • Starting to Come Back Up For Air

    Updated: 2011-10-18 05:19:59
    Sorry about the lightblogging.  I’ve had a long year the past two or three months…  I’ll give more details on Altius-specific stuff on the ASM blog (including some eye-candy) when I get done with a Space Angels Network pitch in Palo Alto this week, and the SEDS SpaceVision 2011 conference next week, but here’s a [...]

  • Random Observation on SEC Accredited Investor Rules and the Top 1%

    Updated: 2011-10-18 04:48:20
    I was reading an interesting article the other day that had to do with the OWS movement giving some data on the background of the “top 1%” and the “top 0.5%”.  Can’t say I agree with everything in this article, but it was still worth a read.  What really stood out to me though was [...]

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