"Using the material and energy resources of space to improve the human condition on Earth."
-Gerard K. O’Neill
Opinion
October 4th. A day that will forever live in History
Happy Anniversary of a revolutionary event! "On October 4, 2004, the Ansari XPRIZE was won by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, successfully completing the contest in their spacecraft SpaceShipOne." Here's a pic of Burt Rutan, Anne Hudson and SSI President Gary Hudson taken...
SPS in the New York Times. And a special free pre-release of a classic
The New York Times caught up with the Solar Power Satellites / Space-Based Solar Power story a few days ago. We apologize for the wait but as you will see in the article there are a number of excellent links to external sources from our old friends including a Way...
This story – should be – only beginning
Yay! Happy stories of parties in the widestream press! And now, as our phone feeds push us to move to the next headlines, it's on you to check back with this. To find out What's In It For Us. All of us. "Using the material and...
UCLA. A shot a day keeps bone loss away
Interesting: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/engineered-compound-shows-promise-preventing-bone-loss-space Especially good news, after required development and full pharma testing proves it to be long-term safe, for Earthbound osteo issues and potentially for those on...
Lunar Prospector, SSI and the Frustrations of Space Stuff
It started on Wednesday. I get a call from a friend, says he's down at the Dutch Goose with a guy who he thinks I should meet because "he loves that space stuff, like you." I say, "I'm coding. Work. Tight deadline." He says,...
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