August 31, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Eyes In The Sky: The New Way To Identify Human Rights Abuses This isn’t the only story of its kind, but its part of a trend in which people use data in a different way than it was intended. Certain companies have used satellite imagery to solve crimes in the United Kingdom. Others, to […]

August 24, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

If You Are Planning On Building Your Own Space Shuttle… Fun! While I still don’t quite understand the space connection for Hackaday.com, this post lists a few considerations for those who want to take NASA’s plans and build a space shuttle. The author also posts a link to a Space Shuttle Haynes manual. Startup 3-D […]

August 17, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Mission accomplished. This. Is. Cool!! About two weeks ago, a group of volunteers in Denmark launched a rocket that went about 7 kilometers into the sky. Successfully! They have been patiently working on this, going through a lot of trial and error. Could an Astronaut Steal a Rocket and Lift Off, Without Mission Control? Inspired […]

The Mission Readiness Review: Regrouping–maybe

The Mission Readiness Review started as an experiment. I wanted to see if there was enough information out there to talk about certain space industry topics. Not necessarily the topics everyone else was focusing on, just the stuff I thought was interesting. My wife, Ingrid, helped a lot, bringing in some perspectives from someone who […]

August 10, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Ukraine’s Soviet-Era Space Program Boosts a US Commercial Spaceflight Company’s Chances for Liftoff I find this connection extremely interesting. Ukraine’s space history, it’s involvement in classified Soviet space programs, it’s entanglement with the USSR’s military-industrial complex, and then it’s willingness to step back from that history somewhat to forge it’s own path is inspiring. It […]