“Dust to Thrust” – watch the development of some of NASA’s most forward thinking plans

“I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.” —Richard Feynman, The Character of Physical Law (MIT Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995

Planetary formation may be more common than we originally thought.

Take a walk-thru of how Lunar colonists will use Lunar resources to sustain themselves.

Chang’e-4 has now achieved Lunar orbit. It’s lander will be the first to explore the Dark Side of the Moon

This one is for Ruby, who asked whether or not such a thing could be done just the other day

NASA’s Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter is still going strong after a decade in orbit and can now be used to assist commercial landings

China is moving ahead technologically; their version of the Tokamak is expected to produce energy by 2020

If you want to “touch-and-go” an asteroid, you need a hand

…all it takes is one unhelpful way….

Ahead of the Jan. 1 rendezvous, strange readings from the New Horizons spacecraft suggest a mystery around its asteroid target. Source: Something Weird Is Going on With New Horizons’ Next Target Kermit WoodallKermit is an […]

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Watch the launch of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, made with 3D printing

Sol’s twin, 184 light years away But does it have a rocky planet in the Goldilocks zone?

Plans announced for the first deep space private scientific expedition.

Is evolution repeatable. The late Stephen Jay Gould said No. Others beg to differ.

How cool is this?

Campbell wrote about “smart cities” way back in the 30s. They were doing as fine job running by themselves, even though all of the people were long gone….

We may not need DNA splicing and mosquitos in amber to bring the dinosaurs back

I guess there’s some ‘good’ resulting from the loss of the glaciers?

Makes me think of all of those steam vents from an earlier era….