Find that Airplane–FREE!!

Earlier this year, I wrote a little post about how Harris Corporation and Aireon were working together to make accurate global aircraft tracking a reality. They’re doing this by placing GPS signal receivers and transmitters as an extra payload on board Iridium NEXT satellites. This allows GPS equipment to send a message through a special radio transmitter from […]

Three Guys, Three Shovels, One Launchpad

Let’s continue the whole SpaceX/Texas spaceport theme a little bit more. Last week there were a few posts on this site about SpaceX’s move of launch operations near Brownsville, Texas. According to The Register, SpaceX broke ground on the future launch site Monday, 22 Sept 14. Texas is giving SpaceX a little over $15 million to build […]

The NASA Spin(off)

Have you ever heard of a refrigeroven? Or plants that text you when they’re thirsty? No?! Okay, let’s try something easier, like shoe insoles. How about the computer mouse? Those two were easy, right? So here’s a question for you: What do they all have in common with each other? If you answered “NASA,” give […]

NASA Awards Two Space Capsule Contracts

By now, you may have heard about NASA’s awarding of two contracts to two US companies for space capsules. You haven’t? Then please go to my post on Clearancejobs.com to read more about it: Hope for the Space Program: NASA Awards Two Space Capsule Contracts.

SpaceX’s Own Spaceport Will Not Affect NASA or DoD Operations, Part 2

This post is the completion of a short analysis I started yesterday about why NASA’s and the DoD’s launch operations will not be affected by SpaceX’s choice to build and use a launch operations center in Brownsville, Texas. It was prompted because of a post The Space Review put up on their site Monday, which suggested […]