Skylon: They Do it with Smoke and Mirrors?

Every now and then I’ve heard of this Skylon space transport. It sounds very interesting and I honestly hope technology like it does come to fruition. But here’s the thing: Skylon-related research has apparently been going on for over thirty years. According to the wiki, which might contain some inaccuracies, the idea of horizontal take-off […]

Intercepting a Comet

“[T]he sexiest, most fantastic mission ever,” those are the words of an obviously very sexually confused European Space Agency scientist about the Rosetta satellite’s interception and orbiting of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The quote comes from Gizmodo’s post about the current successes of the Rosetta satellite exploration mission. And while the scientist might be sexually confused, thankfully […]

The UN “Disaster Charter”–what is it and who uses it?

Because it’s been a year, I’m taking a little break, but don’t worry, more original content is coming starting tomorrow again. So you’re currently looking at some of the Clearancejobs.com articles about space I’ve written. I’ll be interspersing these throughout for a little bit (not long). This particular article was posted on Clearancejobs.com on 22 January, […]

DARPA’s Next Generation Spaceplane

This is my most recent Clearancejobs.com post. It’s about DARPA’s proposed XS-1 spaceplane. The prime contractors for the first phase of the contract, and they’re working with some of the “new space” companies. I raise questions about which one of those might be able to help their partner companies succeed in the post: DARPA’s Next […]

Lone Star Rising

According to this Bloomberg Businessweek article, it looks like SpaceX just bought itself a spaceport. Their planned launch facility looks to cover nearly 50 acres of Texas land on the coast. The specific area might be near Boca Chica Beach. Why would SpaceX want a launch complex in this area? First of all, if they […]