Monthly Archives: March 2011

Fascinating New Propellant Depot Architecture Paper

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Jonathan Goff

Keith Cowing just posted a link to a fascinating new pro-Propellant Depot analysis. I was impressed to see who the second coauthor was… When you have one of the leaders of ESAS coming out in favor of propellant depots and … Continue reading →

Posted in ESAS, Propellant Depots | 3 Comments

XCOR/ULA Aluminum Rocket Nozzle Announcement

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Jonathan Goff

I’ve been too busy to do much blogging lately, but I just saw this on twitter a bit over an hour ago: XCOR and ULA Demonstrate Revolutionary Rocket Engine Nozzle Technology, and wanted to make some comments. First off, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial Space, Launch Vehicles, Technology | 37 Comments

Solar Thermal Power

Posted on March 19, 2011 by johnhare

occasional blogger john hare I have listened to some doomsday energy crap (gas $5.00 gallon and more forever, Japanese nuclear devastation, etc) in the last few weeks that started me thinking of alternatives again. It may be possible that one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 22 Comments