DIY Space: Build A LEGO ISS

Okay, okay! Really this is about voting for the ability to build the International Space Station out of LEGOs. Found on the LEGO Ideas website, this particular LEGO model of the ISS stands out because of the details the designer, XCLD, put into it. There are over 1000 LEGO pieces that have gone into the design […]

SpaceX Falcon 9 “Lands”

This is very cool (no matter what the naysayers say). SpaceX just released a video (shown below) from their latest Falcon 9 launch of ORBCOMM satellites. Except, they aren’t focusing on the rocket’s launch, but its landing. That’s right, as they’ve said they would do all along, SpaceX keeps testing their rockets’ abilities for landing. The video they […]

Humans Last Set Foot on the Moon 42 years Ago

Yesterday marked an anniversary in space history which made the news: a man first stepped on the moon. This occurred 45 years ago, on July 20, 1969, so I wasn’t even on this Earth yet. But it was a big deal, with no precedent, and helped build a lot more interest in space. There wasn’t any reason […]

Croney and the Bandit (Or Why Space Needs Full Privatization)

This most definitely is opinion. There must be some doubt about the effectiveness of Alabama Senator Richard Shelby’s legislative poison pill against new space launch providers like SpaceX and Orbital. Another attack has been launched, this time against SpaceX’s credibility of how it builds and operates its rockets. The attack comes from three Representatives (we’ll […]

Is Space Becoming More Accessible for Terrorists?

Part 1 Well, somebody has to mention it to sell the papers sometime, and this time it was the Times of India. The story is that the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is predicting bad guys are going to be able to launch their own nefarious satellites on rockets owned by private companies. Even […]