Rods from God

I’ve been interested in this concept ever since I real about it in a Pournelle sci-fi novel.  With space lift becoming so much cheaper, I can see this becoming viable in the next decade.  The US needs to be the one to do it first.

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Starman beyond Mars

Story here. (Post in memory of Mike Nofsinger)

Air launched space rockets

News here and here.

(post in memory of Mike Nofsinger)

More X-37 news

The latest X-37B flight is about to exceed 400 days in space.  Followers of this blog know that I’ve got a particular fascination with the X-37B.  I suspect that one day we’ll learn all about what is going on and will be surprised.  (post in memory of Mike Nofsinger)

Space mishap

Failure in the seconds stage of a Soyuz mission taking replacement crew to the space station.  All are OK, but just one more reason we need to be doing our own manned space flight. (post in memory of Mike Nofsinger)

Another space success

SpaceX scores another launch success for the year.

Space Force

An intelligent article on the subject. (h/t to Jeff Groves.)

Russian weapon in space?

A new Russian satellite is behaving oddly.  Turns out it may be a weapon.  As I have said before I think Russia is largely a paper tiger, but that doesn’t mean we don’t still have to pay attention to them.  All the more reason for the US to be committed to space for both civilian and military purposes. ( Post in memory of Mike Nofsinger)

Anti-satellite aircraft

Have the Russians developed an aircraft with an anti-satellite capability.  Color me skeptical.

Habitable moons

Interesting article on looking for habitable planets among the moons of gas giants.  I am skeptical that a moon of a gas giant could be habitable given the extended period of darkness that would be the result of most orbits. (Post in memory of Mike Nofsinger)