Craig the Rocket Scientist Still Bets on Russia
Sometimes in life you invite a guy to party, and you tell all your other friends that the guy you invited is really cool and everyone will love him. Four hours later you find yourself telling everyone...
View ArticleSpaceX Flubs New Rocket Design
Ok, I’ll admit it: I’ve been an unabashed fan of SpaceX for a while now. To be honest, what’s not to like? They’re a small company looking to take on the establishment. The fact that their Goliath...
View ArticleA Friendly Debate: Will SpaceX Bring a New Age of Space Travel?
There is an excellent little café not far from where I work where some coworkers/friends and I like to have lunch from time to time. A few weeks ago, as luck would have it, I bumped into a older...
View ArticleSpaceX Makes History! See the Best Photos Here
So SpaceX launched their Falcon 9/Dragon capsule and it didn’t blow up. Now the internet is having a love fest for private space flight. NANANANANANANA!!!!! I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO WORK ALL ALONG AND I...
View ArticleTuesday Link Review
Good morning, Knovelists! The awesome world of science didn’t stop for Memorial Day! Better a day late than never, here’s our Weekly Link Review–last week’s strangest stories in science and...
View ArticleAfter the SpaceX Launch: 3 Things to Expect
Ok, Dragon is hooked up to the ISS and orbiting us as we speak. I think it’s about time for someone to throw out some crazy prospects for how we can use this new piece of equipment to get us to the...
View ArticleSpaceX, Boeing and Others Land $1.1 Billion in NASA Grants
I finally get around to taking a vacation for one week and things get crazy! First the Curiosity touches down on Mars, and now this: the Commercial crew announcement from NASA: Really the results of...
View ArticleCompany Test Pilots on Call for SpaceX’s First Commercial Flight
So we find out that when SpaceX’s private space capsule eventually carries a human crew, that crew will be private test pilots– not NASA astronauts. About time! We need to move away from the idea that...
View ArticleShould Rockets be Reusable? I Don’t Think So. . .
Just because we can reuse rockets doesn’t mean we should.My wife loves to tell me that I am either: a) Old b) About to be old Usually I just nod and play along but I think she may finally be...
View ArticleA Job Well Done! SpaceX’s Grasshopper Rocket
So I’m sitting here, in my office, staring at a blank page where my post should be, with a crying baby in the next room on my birthday. I’m tired and feeling old. I’ve been out of school longer than...
View ArticleAnother SpaceX Success
It’s been a while since I gushed about SpaceX and I think it is highly overdue! Especially considering their recent successful launch! A few years back I had an interesting conversation with a fellow...
View ArticleSpaceX Flubs New Rocket Design
Ok, I’ll admit it: I’ve been an unabashed fan of SpaceX for a while now. To be honest, what’s not to like? They’re a small company looking to take on the establishment. The fact that their Goliath...
View ArticleA Friendly Debate: Will SpaceX Bring a New Age of Space Travel?
There is an excellent little café not far from where I work where some coworkers/friends and I like to have lunch from time to time. A few weeks ago, as luck would have it, I bumped into a older...
View ArticleSpaceX Makes History! See the Best Photos Here
So SpaceX launched their Falcon 9/Dragon capsule and it didn’t blow up. Now the internet is having a love fest for private space flight. NANANANANANANA!!!!! I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO WORK ALL ALONG AND I...
View ArticleTuesday Link Review
Good morning, Knovelists! The awesome world of science didn’t stop for Memorial Day! Better a day late than never, here’s our Weekly Link Review–last week’s strangest stories in science and...
View ArticleAfter the SpaceX Launch: 3 Things to Expect
Ok, Dragon is hooked up to the ISS and orbiting us as we speak. I think it’s about time for someone to throw out some crazy prospects for how we can use this new piece of equipment to get us to the...
View ArticleSpaceX, Boeing and Others Land $1.1 Billion in NASA Grants
I finally get around to taking a vacation for one week and things get crazy! First the Curiosity touches down on Mars, and now this: the Commercial crew announcement from NASA: Really the results of...
View ArticleCompany Test Pilots on Call for SpaceX’s First Commercial Flight
So we find out that when SpaceX’s private space capsule eventually carries a human crew, that crew will be private test pilots– not NASA astronauts. About time! We need to move away from the idea that...
View ArticleWhen I First Got Out of College I Made a Difficult Decision
When I first got out of college, I made a difficult decision. I turned down my first job offer from the company I had interned with, in favor of a higher paying, higher profile job working on the Space...
View ArticleSpaceX Delivering on Promises
A few days ago SpaceX recovered their Dragon capsule full of science equipment from the international space station. (Get? Rockets? Uplifting?… Of course you do, it’s a horrible joke.) This marks the...
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