August 17, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Mission accomplished. This. Is. Cool!! About two weeks ago, a group of volunteers in Denmark launched a rocket that went about 7 kilometers into the sky. Successfully! They have been patiently working on this, going through a lot of trial and error. Could an Astronaut Steal a Rocket and Lift Off, Without Mission Control? Inspired […]

August 10, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Ukraine’s Soviet-Era Space Program Boosts a US Commercial Spaceflight Company’s Chances for Liftoff I find this connection extremely interesting. Ukraine’s space history, it’s involvement in classified Soviet space programs, it’s entanglement with the USSR’s military-industrial complex, and then it’s willingness to step back from that history somewhat to forge it’s own path is inspiring. It […]

The Mission Readiness Review Episode 15: Alexa, have FEDOR assassinate John Connor

On this episode, we talk about: Russian Robots May Replace Cosmonaut Crews one day The pressure is on for Swarm Technologies And, a California startup finally launches, but it’s a secret Download the latest podcast from the following link: https://tmrr.podbean.com/e/episode-15-alexa-have-fedor-assassinate-john-connor/ A Launch from Alaska Stays Under Wraps From SpaceNews: Astra Space carried out a launch […]

July 27, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Russia may send a robot ‘crew’ to space in 2019 But, we’re way past August 29, 1997… And the Russians say they’ve built these robots with the ability to shoot things. Really?? I think some Russian engineers missed some very critical pop culture from the 1980’s. This was all very avoidable. NASA launches X-ray telescope […]

July 20, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Why Smaller Satellites and Cheaper Tech Are Fueling The Space Boom Maybe because they’re cheaper? And smaller? There should be some skepticism of the business plans of a CEO who is jumping in the small satellite market being quoted that satellites can be as small as refrigerators. They can be smaller. Satellites can be as […]