January 11, 2019: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Astronaut Accidentally Calls 911 from Space This is funny. As the image above shows, there are worse reasons to dial 911. HawkEye 360 Announces Successful Launch of First Three Satellites Built by SFL Under Contract to DSI Okay, so what does the headline above and the article it links to really mean? It’s one of […]

January 4, 2019: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Taking off: Work accelerates at Boca Chica launch site Some of you might be wondering where Boca Chica is. Well, it’s in Texas. Way south in Texas. But SpaceX wants to launch from Boca Chica (I call it “Bocanur”). And SpaceX is building the Big Falcon Rocket/Starship prototype there, with plans to test launch/land the […]

December 21, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

NORAD Tracks Santa In a little over two days, NORAD will be showing the movements of Santa Claus as he drops gifts or coal to deserving children (and maybe adults). Not to imply NORAD isn’t watching others in the world to see if they’re naughty or nice–I’m sure that’s still happening. But this is the […]

December 14, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

The problems with small satellites – and what Australia’s Space Agency can do to help I’m still having difficulty not linking the increase of interest in space in Australia with the launch activities happening in New Zealand. It almost seems as if the nation woke up once the Kiwis started hosting U.S. small satellite launch […]

December 7, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Coast Guard Cadets Will Get Closer to Space With Satellites Small satellites allow people to experiment with space projects and become familiar with rudimentary space operations without a lot of the extreme costs associated with larger satellites. There is at least one high school out there, quite a few universities, and many, many nations on […]