Monthly Archives: June 2006

Big Rocks from Space

by guest blogger Ken Anyone who has ever taken a stroll through the Lunar Library quickly realizes that it is about more than just the Moon, it’s about the High Frontier, with the Moon being just the most dominant aspect … Continue reading

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Times You Wish You Had a Camera

Last night I was at the shop relatively late doing some modeling for our next generation vehicle (now that we’ve got all the parts ordered for the current generation vehicle and are just finishing up the assembly and moving into … Continue reading

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Dateline: Mojave

Well, we managed to make the move this last week, arriving down in Tehachapi late Tuesday night (around 10pm). Fortunately we had two members of our ward who showed up anyway in spite of how late it was and helped … Continue reading

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File under: Cool Buildings

I picked up on this one from le blog lunar express, posted last Friday. Apparently, the Chinese helped out with the SMART-1 mission from Shanghai. For the French-impaired, I offer the following free-form, dictionary-free translation: “The communications attempts between SMART-1 … Continue reading

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200th Post

I usually try to avoid all the silly sentimental, blogospheric silliness that you tend to see (crud like “Carnivals”, calling people my BlogFather, and all the other dreck like that). But I couldn’t resist pumping out one more post tonight … Continue reading

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Earmarks hypocrisy

I find it deeply amusing seeing how some people who support the ESAS approach to returning to the Moon tend to get so hopping mad over congressional earmarks. The logic goes that all of these earmarks set aside for pet … Continue reading

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You Can Have Whatever Propellant You Want So Long As It’s….

I’m sorry I haven’t had much opportunity to blog lately. The move’s going behind schedule due to me getting so sick last weekend that I could barely get out of bed for three days straight, which of course happened while … Continue reading

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MSS Mojave Move

Hey all, I know that I’ve been hinting about this to a lot of people for a long time, but I now have permission to blog about Masten Space Systems moving to Mojave. The problem with being a Silicon Valley … Continue reading

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Institute for Space Law & Policy is seeking a web designer

[Note: Michael asked me if I could repost this bleg here.] The Institute for Space Law & Policy is seeking a web designer who can help them establish the overall look, format, theme, brand identity, etc . As a virtual … Continue reading

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Coming up on My One-Year Blogiversary

Well, we’re nearing the one-year mark for Selenian Boondocks, on June 16th. We’re at about 48,375 hits so far since I put up the site meter (about a week or two after I put up the blog), which means I’ll … Continue reading

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