Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 29th, 2006
Sorry for the long delay in posting. Space Access ’06 went very well, though the trip back home didn’t go quite so well. This year I took little Jon and Tiff along with me, and the three of us drove down from the Bay Area. The trip down was uneventful, and actually not too bad [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2006
by guest blogger Ken Still more on the Interplanetary Superhighways (IPS), this time in an American Scientist article entitled “The Interplanetary Transport Network”. Authored by Shane Ross, definitely one of the authorities on the subject, it is more academic than the recent article in New Scientist, but also a lot more informative in really understanding [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 18th, 2006
Well, it’s that time of the year again boys and girls! Time for another pilgrimage down to Phoenix for this year’s Space Access Conference. This year, Tiff, Little Jon and I will be driving down from the Bay Area. It’s a long drive, but we have relatives along the way, and we kind of wanted [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 13th, 2006
I figured that it’d be worth noting that as of today, MSS is now taking sales for suborbital science payloads. We have a special introductory offer for CANSAT sized payloads of only $99 each (normal price will likely be $199 each). CANSATs are packages that have the volume, form factor, and density of a can [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 10th, 2006
If you’re wondering why blogging has been so light as of late, let’s just say we’ve been a bit busy at work these past few weeks. Things are picking up momentum at MSS, with us nearing the completion of our first engine design. I’ve lost track of the number of firings we’ve done, but we’re [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 6th, 2006
Man, in the last hour from when I read this story over at Nasawatch.com, Clark Lindsey and Rand Simberg have already commented. So, it looks like the modifications to the SRB are going to take $3B instead of the $1B ATK originally quoted…I’m with Rand on this one–I too am shocked. Shocked, and disturbed. Among [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 5th, 2006
So, apparently John Carmack had a birthday lately…. [Update: Very "lately" apparently...about as lately as mine...as in, back in August. I guess I wasn't paying enough attention. But my second part still stands as is:] All I can say is, I want one too.
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 3rd, 2006
but then the Full Moon shone clear and bright through the clearing clouds. bad prose by guest blogger Ken I guess I need to keep New Scientist on my radar a bit more in the future. I was tipped off to the fact that the April 1st issue had a two-article cover feature on “The [...]