Rockzip’s Inflated Dreams

Rockzip Highballoon’s mission “is to improve life on Earth by giving people a new angle from which to solve difficult problems.” How are they proposing to do give people that new angle? By simply launching a “highballoon” about 75,000 ft or a little over 14 miles high. That’s right, this isn’t about satellites, but about balloons that might do […]

McMoons: Controlling Satellites from the Drive-thru

Clearancejobs.com was kind enough to post one of my newer submissions. Proof that an operations control center can be set up pretty much anywhere, with this one controlling ISEE-3. Just click on the following link to read about it: McMoons: Controlling Satellites from the Drive-thru.

Copenhagen Suborbitals HEAT-2X: Slight Setback

Rocket engines, especially new ones, sometimes just don’t do what they’re supposed to do. Copenhagen Suborbitals tested their HEAT-2x rocket engine this last Saturday, but the engine failed the test. Rocket science is hard. For those who didn’t see this last Saturday’s post, Copenhagen Suborbitals is an all-volunteer launch agency out of Denmark that ultimately […]

DIY Space: Copenhagen Suborbitals

For at least $20 per year, you can support a space group that’s very active. This is not a Kickstarter project, but an active group that was founded in 2008. That group is Copenhagen Suborbitals. The Danish group’s mission is the modest goal of launching a human into space and then making sure that same […]

Pigs in Space: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You?

This might go into the category of “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” This CNN post talks about how satellite imagery is aiding in the resolution of a murder investigation, which is great. Satellites are tools that have multiple uses, and if helping to solve murder is one use, then good. But the […]