Monthly Archives: February 2006

Just saw a fairly cool link to an article in a magazine I had never heard of before, called Business 2.0 (click here). The whole “active magazine” browser is kinda interesting, if not a bit weird. Not much of the … Continue reading →

For a long time in the car world, due to the high setup times inherent in some of their equipment (like the massive multi-ton dies they’d use for panel stamping) and other factors, car manufacturers would use a “batch-and-queue” style … Continue reading →

For all the space nerds reading my site, bear with me a bit, I want to post about something else near and dear to me. I realized that it was a little bit ironic to choose a name for my … Continue reading →

Sorry guys that I haven’t been phenominally talkative the last couple of days. I did have some more thoughts I wanted to interject regarding the L-1 and Aerobraking discussions, but I’ve been swamped at work. If Clark Lindsey, Alan Boyle, … Continue reading →

by: Ken Some folks that stop by out here in the Selenian Boondocks might be wondering just what exactly this whole L-1 thing is all about. Simply put, L-1 is the point on the line connecting the center of mass … Continue reading →

After a lot of what must have been frustrating attempts yesterday, SpaceX finally succeeded in doing their hold-down firing today (click here to see the movie from their site). According to Elon: We were very happy to be able to … Continue reading →

Hey guys, just wanted to point another new addition to the blogroll: FreeLuna. This one is run by fellow Bay Area Moon Society member, Bill Clawson. Bill’s got a great sense of humor (as evinced by his second post), and … Continue reading →

I also decided that now would be a good time to clean up and update the blogroll. I had to drop Derek’s “SpaceShipSummer Blog” because he hasn’t posted in over a year. If he wants to start blogging again, I’ll … Continue reading →

Ok, now that I’m home watching little Jonny, I think that I have two more subtopics relevant to the Lunar Transportation discussion that I wanted to post about. The first involves propellant depots, and the second revolves around how to … Continue reading →

Ok, before I run off to work today, I wanted to follow-up on my comments last night regarding reusable lunar transportation systems. Propulsive Braking or Aerobraking?One of the questions that comes up a lot regarding reusable LEO-LUNO or LEO-L1 tug … Continue reading →