SpaceX’s Own Spaceport Will Not Affect NASA or DoD Operations, Part 1

Yesterday, I expanded on a Space Review post of the possible reasons Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) is moving launch operations to Texas. The company believes it will conduct about 12 launches a year from its own space launch complexes near Brownsville, Texas. Such a launch rate is more than triple SpaceX’s 2013 launch rate of 3 […]

Four New Space Companies Awarded NASA Contracts

Another Clearancejobs.com post of mine about NASA’s announcement last week of their awarding four “new space” companies a few contracts. Just go there for the details: New Space Firms Awarded NASA Contracts.

When I’m Not Writing…

This post I’ve written for Clearancejobs.com isn’t space-related, except for the fact it’s to do with me. But it gives a decent accounting of what I do to stay happy and busy since I don’t have steady work currently. If you’re interested in how an unemployed person stays busy throughout the day, please read my […]

SPHERE Fishing for Space Debris

The International Space Station (ISS) sure could use some help, and eventually might get it if people buy off on this latest idea. If you weren’t aware, the ISS has three robot test satellites aboard, called SPHERES. SPHERES have been highlighted on this site before for a different project, so here’s what they’re used for just in […]

Healing Robot Arms from Space

Fox News recently reported about the Canadian Space Agency’s contributions to medicine with Canadarm. Canadarm 2 is a robotic and remote controlled arm mounted on the International Space Station (ISS). The original Canadarm was mounted on the space shuttle. Both robotic arms were designed to do work outside in space, while astronauts controlled the arms in the relative safety of […]