October 19, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

The epic adventures of BepiColombo – Part 1: to the launch pad! In theory, this mission will be launched tomorrow. It’s a European Space Agency cartoon spin to educate folks on the mission. Kind of fun! Waking Up to China’s Space Dream China has launched A LOT of orbital rockets this year. More than it […]

October 12, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

An Arizona balloon company is working on a technology to make space satellites obsolete. Here’s a rare look inside their giant factory. The link above is an actual headline. I suggest a pithier one: Hot Air Rising in Arizona. The company featured, World View, doesn’t state the intent to make satellites obsolete in this in […]

October 5, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Company that launched satellites without permission gets new license to launch more probes The Spacebees story isn’t quite done. Much earlier this year, Swarm Technologies launched four very small satellites into orbit with no U.S. Federal Communications Commission license to do so. Some of this story is about new companies dealing with old government processes […]

September 28, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Why NASA’s space launch system is indispensable Not because it’s self-evident, apparently… Again, somehow the U.S. is in a race with China–this time over large launch vehicles. If this were true, then the U.S. has been in a sort of one-sided race for a while. While the Space Launch System name has been around since […]

September 7, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Namibian Youth Takes First Steps to Entering Space For those constantly pooh-poohing small satellites, this probably won’t change your mind. But then nothing will, right? For the others, this is story shows how a trend is encompassing nations traditionally ignored by space technology. A Namibian student gets a chance to not only further his space […]