OK, so Ares works 28 Oct 2009 I’m not proud. Well, not too proud. I admit I was wrong about the Ares 1-X – it seemed to work fine without excessive vibration and probably will work as a human rated booster. I still would have liked to see a shuttle derived main core, but given that time is tight and they have already spent a bucketload on the development of this beast, it should probably proceed. General Science Technology
Education How scientists think, a book proposal 17 Sep 2010 I’m too busy at the moment to blog, write, think or maintain my personal hygiene, so I thought I’d add content by getting my readers to provide it for me. So I’m going to propose a little project. First, a bit of background. I often try to explain to students… Read More
General Science The World According to Genesis: The Flood 11 Jun 200724 Nov 2022 The Flood is perhaps the most scientifically interesting story in Genesis, and it has, in fact, been discussed by scientists for over 400 years. Now we are taking the text to tell us of a world, not taking the world to tell us what to think of the text, but… Read More
I would have liked to see a Willy Ley/Arthur Clarke,/John Campbell class of shuttle. Of course their frames are interred in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with too many young men and women. fusilier, SMOF jg. (ret.) James 2:24