Sorry been a little busy…

…more to the point–I was at a funeral in Nebraska. So no posts the past few days. I will post again tomorrow. Sorry to the one person following me. –TMSB

Why Space Matters: Malaysian Malaise Mit Man-Made Moons

The Epoch Times posted this article explaining a bit more about the limitations of satellites in finding Malaysian Airlines MH370. This finding in spite of DigitalGlobe’s initiative with Tomnod to get many eyes looking for something unusual in the search areas. In previous posts, I’ve talked about the odds and limitations of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) […]

Only Vote Important: Pick Your Favorite NASA Spacesuit Design Element

Of all the places–I never expected to see information about a NASA spacesuit voting initiative on “@midnight,” a comedy game show, last night. But there it is. And here it is, the suits and voting buttons on this site. NASA is asking the public to vote on their favorite spacesuit design. They are calling this […]

The Slowness of Being Government and Its Space Technology

From a Softpedia news post, a writer conjectures mainly about the United States Air Force’s (USAF) X-37B space drone and what it might mean to space warfare. It’s a decent, thought-provoking article, so you may wish to read it. But there’s an assumption made within the article: the government has the best, most sophisticated space toys. […]

Photos of An Old Nuclear Missile Target

Mental Floss is always a fun read. But imagine my surprise when my spouse tells me there are pictures of old and rotting nuclear missiles and an old Soviet launch control center (or capsule) on their site. The Soviet capsule is shaped differently from the capsules I worked in while watching my Minuteman missiles. Current US […]