Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen
Posted in Commercial Space, COTS, ESAS, Launch Vehicles, Lunar Commerce, NASA, Space Development, Space Policy, Space Transportation on May 26th, 2009
I’ve been busy a lot lately (between this, this, this, and having friends in from out of town for the holiday), so I hadn’t had a chance until now to reply to Mark Whittington’s correspondence with me (found here). A majority of his reply was arguing against stuff that I had never said, or making [...]
Posted in ESAS on May 18th, 2009
A few weeks ago, when I first discussed the ESAS Appendices on this blog, I had to be somewhat vague about my concerns, since the information wasn’t out in the public, and I didn’t want to get Chris in trouble with his sources. However, since nobody has commented further on the appendices since they went [...]
Posted in Launch Vehicles, Technology on May 13th, 2009
One of the topics I like to blog about is promising new space technologies, especially those that relate to reusable launch vehicles and space transportation infrastructure. Clark Lindsey recently linked to the website for the Space Propulsion Group, where a friend and former intern (Jonny Dyer) now works. They mostly do hybrid propulsion systems, but [...]
Posted in Administrivia, Eating Crow on May 12th, 2009
So, after insulting twitter as a crutch for people too ADOS (Attention Deficit…Oooh Shiny!) for blogging, I finally broke down and joined today. It wasn’t just because I was already reading several other people’s twitter feeds, but mostly because I found that someone had yoinked my favorite login name. So, for those who care, my [...]
Posted in MSS on May 8th, 2009
Posted in ESAS, Launch Vehicles, NASA on May 1st, 2009
For those of you who can afford it, but who haven’t done so yet, I’d suggest getting a subscription to the L2 section of Chris Bergin’sNASASpaceflight.com forum. They’ve typically been well ahead of the ball on several of the major NASA CxP stories that have broken over the last few years. And a lot of [...]