Category Archives: Lunar Commerce

Some Interesting Ideas From the Other Side of the Pond

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Jonathan Goff

I don’t have time to go into detail at the moment, but I wanted to relay an interesting paper that Keith Cowing reported on NASAWatch today. Now, if I were someone at the ESA, I’d probably be taking NASA’s grand … Continue reading →

Posted in ESAS, International Space Collaboration, Lunar Commerce, NASA, Space Development, Space Transportation | 5 Comments

Westward Ho?

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Jonathan Goff

Other than a busy schedule at work over the past several weeks, and ongoing blogger’s cramp, one of the other big reasons why I haven’t been blogging very much lately is that Tiff and I started reading together again. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial Space, Lunar Commerce, Space Development, Space Transportation | 19 Comments

Discussion of Dr. Griffin’s STA Comments on ESAS

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Jonathan Goff

I’ve had several people in several places ask me if I was going to do a point-by-point rebuttal of Mike Griffin’s comments to the STA this week (for reference the text of his comments is available here). While I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in ESAS, Launch Vehicles, Lunar Commerce, NASA, Politics, Space Development, Space Law, Space Policy | 4 Comments

It’s The Journey That Matters, Not The Destination

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Jonathan Goff

The story broke yesterday that a group of scientists, astronauts, and other space enthusiasts is going to be meeting at Stanford next month to discuss an alternative to the Vision for Space Exploration. Clark and several others have already commented, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lunar Commerce, NASA, Space Development, Space Policy | 8 Comments

Random Thought: Lunar Ejection Seat

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Jonathan Goff

[Note: I came up with this idea a couple of weeks ago, but it got left on the backburner over the holidays. Oh, and welcome to anyone coming here from the Carnival of Space.] One of the biggest mixed blessings … Continue reading →

Posted in Launch Vehicles, Lunar Commerce, Technology | 11 Comments

DIRECT v2.0 and Orbital Propellant Transfer

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Jonathan Goff

Several people have already brought up the DIRECT v2.0 architecture paper that was rolled out at AIAA Space 2007 this last week, as well as the snazzy new website that the DIRECT team just launched. I just wanted to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Launch Vehicles, Lunar Commerce, NASA, Space Development, Space Policy, Technology | 5 Comments

Google Lunar X-Prize

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Jonathan Goff

It’s been a long time since I last blogged. Between being busy at work, starting into another book series with Tiffany (one of our favorite traditions is reading good books together), and trying to raise two increasingly active and silly … Continue reading →

Posted in Launch Vehicles, Lunar Commerce, Space Development, Technology | 16 Comments

A Heterogenous Moon

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Jonathan Goff

Since the end of the Apollo program, and the analysis of all the samples returned from those expeditions, the orthodox view of the moon has been one of dreary, dusty, homogeneity. Oh, there were things like Mascons, and your occasional … Continue reading →

Posted in Lunar Commerce, Space Development | 5 Comments

I Wish That Were The Only Problem…

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Jonathan Goff

Tankmodeler, a friend and regular here at Selenian Boondocks, mentioned something in a comment to Ken’s last post that I think deserves some mention: [T]he one absolutely key stumbling block is ownership of Lunar mineral rights. No-one is going anywhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Lunar Commerce, Space Development, Space Law | 6 Comments

Benefits of Orbital Propellant Transfer: Adaptability, Capability, Etc.

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Jonathan Goff

[Editor’s note: A good friend of mine from Santa Clara, Henry Cate, is starting up a Carnival of Space. I’m usually not a huge fan of blog carnivals, but I think this is a creative idea, and wanted to support … Continue reading →

Posted in Launch Vehicles, Lunar Commerce, Space Development, Space Policy | 13 Comments