Spaceports everywhere!!

Okay, maybe not everywhere. But there are quite a few in the US according to Gizmodo in their article. 8 of them. I’m not as interested in “space tourism,” as I am in thinking this gives us some flexibility, if we’re smart about this, in replenishing satellite constellations. Not that I’d be against flying up […]

Kepler: looking at the bright side of life (in space)

The nice thing about government satellites, and perhaps satellites generally, is they are in a high demand field. And there’s not very many to go around (a lot of people call this high-demand/low density, or HD/LD). Then it makes sense someone is trying to figure out how Kepler can still be used. In this case, […]

USAF General speaks at conference, says nothing new

The Air Force Association held an Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition last week. This fact came to my attention through this article from DODLive.mil. I understand a conference like this is more of a cheer-leading forum. These can be important, giving management a place to tell their people “this is what’s important.” Opinion starts. […]

Going Dutch

I’ve talked about cubesats before–they’re very inexpensive and let a lot of other people try their different ideas out in orbit. So, aside from SmallSat, the conference in Logan, Utah, others are hosting less ambitious, but just as dedicated meet-ups. Here’s an announcement for one in a restaurant in the Netherlands next Saturday. Sounds quite […]

DigitalGlobe shows Colorado flood imagery

DigitalGlobe has been very active the past few days. Earlier this week, in this aside “Why space matters–especially when it’s close to home,” I noted they were collecting images of the floods. Well, now they’ve posted these images taken during and after the massive floods here in Colorado. There is a short explanation of what’s being […]