Summary: On 20 July 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Eagle on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility and Armstrong took his giant leap for humanity. Now 45 years later we can cooly evaluate the Apollo program. What went wrong? What is the future of humanity in space? “Given time, a desire, considerable innovation, and …
Why humanity has not gone to space, and why we will. Read More »
Summary: Asteroid and comet impacts have changed the course of life on Earth, and will again until we prevent them. Which will happen, eventually, when we go deeper into space. On Asteroid Day, June 30, let’s learn about this risk, what steps we can take now to better prepare. Perhaps it is humanity’s role, our …
Celebrate Asteroid Day, about preventing death from the sky Read More »
Summary: Asteroid Day approaches (mark June 30 on your calendar), reminding us about the risk of death from the sky from asteroids and comets — one of the largest of the many shockwaves looming in our future. Here are the three things to know about this danger. This is a follow-up to Asteroid Day: reminding …
Three things to know about asteroids, certain death from the sky (eventually) Read More »
Summary: Asteroid Day approaches (mark June 30 on your calendar). To prepare, here are descriptions in film and literature of doom from the sky by comets and asteroids. Tomorrow’s post shows what we are doing in the real world to prepare. “The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program. And if we …
Asteroid Day: reminding us of the threat, pushing us out into space Read More »
Summary: Today is asteroid day, an opportunity to see ourselves against the big picture of Earth’s history. As I’ve written before, Apollo was an expensive trip to nowhere, and explained why we have not gone into space, & why we will. Asteroid Day puts in context both this failure (of vision but not boldness) and …
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