Monthly Archives: June 2017

Stratolaunch as Falcon9 Competition

The roll out of the Stratolaunch aircraft started a considerable amount of criticism on the sources that I read. Basically it has the same problem as the White Knight, superb aircraft with no viable rocket to mate up with. I … Continue reading

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Sending the Probes

Before embarking on settlement and exploitation missions, the distant targets need to be investigated. It would be sad to spend major bucks developing one NEO only later to learn that another one has better concentrations of whatever you are interested … Continue reading

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A Personal Space Program

Assuming that I reached the point of controlling enough resources to do a serious space effort, how would I do it? Note that the question is, “how would I do it?” Enough resources to me means that I either own … Continue reading

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