This category contains posts that cover anything related to the outer space.
We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the landing on the Moon, and it is a good to keep asking the right questions about the goals of space exploration. Should we try and go back to the Moon? Should we go to Mars instead? Should we try and settle Mars? How quickly can we get […]
Space exploration: the Moon, Mars, and beyond Read More »
(Photo by Nasa, uploaded on Flickr by Jurvetson. See a high resolution version too!) The Phoenix interplanetary exploration vehicle landed on Mars. My name, David Orban, is on it, together with those of the other members* of Planetary Society. This is of course a rather indirect way of being on Mars, but for the moment
I am on Mars! …or, what’s in a name? Read More »
I attended the speech given by Pete Worden at the International Space Development Conference, which was also held in Second Life on NASA’s Colab island My question: Second Life is an inherently Global environment, is NASA taking this into due consideration, as it could draw on the input and expertise of a worldwide participatory audience?
Pete Worden invites online collaboration with NASA Read More »
The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has had his space exploration company operating for some time, but very little was known about it, and the type of launch vehicle that it was developing. A few days ago the website of Blue Origin has had a major update, and posted images of its vertical take-off and
New space launch company Blue Origin unveiled Read More »
Remembering the heroism of our space explorers – 1 Originally uploaded by david.orban. The space museum is closed. Not just closed, but in ruin, and abandon. Russia is a leader in the commercialization of its space infrastructure, as well as everything else it has, but in the meantime it forgot to keep an eye on
The ghosts of space Read More »
As broadcast live on Chinese national TV, and announced by the People’s Daily Online, now a second nation alongside Russia is capable of sending a human crew in space for extended missions. I wonder when the US will also gain this technological capability?
Now a second nation capable of sending humans in space! Read More »
