Category Archives: Editorial

Newt Gingrich, Advocate of Space, Moon base, but NASA?

Lofty goals such as manned moon base by 2020, but are they real? Editorial – With the election campaign in full swing Newt Gingrich has recently been stumping Florida and…

Why did Phobos Grunt really fail?

Recent headlines were filled with a plethora of information about the reentry of the doomed Russian Spacecraft Phobos Grunt. There have been many rumors and speculation as to why it…

NASA SLS rocket

Will NASA SLS Rocket survive when ARES did not?

  SLS and former Constellation (Ares) programs are flawed in same fundamental way. NASA recently announced development of a new heavy lift rocket. The pictures of this new rocket look…

2012, End of the world or beginning of new era?

Will the world end in 2012 or will we learn we are not alone? With 2012 just a few days away what can we look forward to in the coming…

JWST a window into the beginning of time

Largest Space Telescope ever, JWST can look back in time The American space agency, NASA, is building the largest space telescope ever. The James Webb Space Telescope, named after NASA’s…

Bad Day to be a Russian Satellite Engineer

Reuters quotes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as saying that he believes those responsible for recent space program failures, like Phobos-Grunt, should be punished.  Phobos Grunt is a mission to Mars…

NASA’s future good or bad is up to us

  NASA future uncertain Editoral – This year basically ended the United States Manned launch vehicle effort. The Space Shuttle program ended and took away the ability of America to…