Why space matters–especially when it’s close to home

DigitalGlobe decided to release this blog entry earlier today. The flooding here in Colorado happened on a scale that couldn’t have been predicted. It impacted Longmont, Colorado, where DigitalGlobe has it’s space operations center, pretty badly as well as a lot of other communities along the Front Range. USA Today has a good collection of […]

Space matters, but other options help, too

This story has been going around the net for the past few days. And probably for many of you smart people out there, it’s probably an inevitable outcome of our government’s (the USA) infatuation with drones. But, just like my aside “The Poor Man’s LEO satellite” about the North Dakota balloons being used for imagery, […]

Space imagery tells you why there’s no hurricane coming towards you…YES–YOU!!

From the pages of Phys.org, this is a good article about how imagery is helping scientists understand the world better. Dust from Africa apparently might be affecting the weather in the Americas. Pretty interesting stuff. This is all put together, a composite, of the images taken from the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership, using its Visible […]

Everyone’s worried but SpaceX

This particular article highlights some interesting differences in philosophy about success and risk (and there is a link) between established players and SpaceX. For opinion, sadly not about space operations, but rather the future of them, read further. The scenario: SpaceX has decided to upgrade their rocket engines to more powerful ones, and update the […]

Slow but steady–another reason why space matters

This article in the Moscow Times shows how imagery satellites can help see differences more easily. I’m sure if you’re a farmer on the ground over there, you’d be very aware without the satellites already. I think the picture tells the story, and you can go read the article to see what it’s about. The […]