A word to the WISE…

This article is sort of a bittersweet reminder to me because the company that let me go (due to government money concerns), Space Dynamics Laboratory, is the builder of this satellite: the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer or WISE. They want to reactivate it and use it to hunt for rogue asteroids, among other things. This is […]

So does this mean we’re to expect Zuul and Vince Clortho?

http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/File:TempleofGozerbio.pngThat’s right, both the Keymaster and the Gatekeeper might be coming soon. It just depends on when NOAA’s GOES-R (get it?) makes its appearance. As we all know, both Zuul and Vince Clortho will show, possibly in a refrigerator, before GOES-R. This latest Satnews article gives some nice details on GOES-12’s retirement, and what typically happens to […]

Missed it, by that much.

In light of the Sakurajima volcanic eruption in Japan, I present to you a picture of the very active volcano. From January 2013. There don’t appear to be any other images yet of Sunday’s eruption. This image comes courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory page. But it initially came to my attention from the Bad Astronomer page, […]

The Grasshopper keeps learning more from it’s master…

What SpaceX is doing with rockets is just too cool! And they make it look easy. Some might remember the trick of balancing a broomstick vertically from the palm of the hand. Now substitute flame and thrust for the hand, and a 100 foot or so tall metal tube for the broomstick. Then control the […]

Vulnerable Military Satellites Creating a ‘Maginot Line’ in Space (Updated) – Blog

This gentleman is pointing out nothing new, but backs up my view that acquisitions is hurting more than helping US programs–the federal ones, that is. Private sector space should be unaffected on the whole. Vulnerable Military Satellites Creating a ‘Maginot Line’ in Space (Updated) – Blog.