Critique of “A City on Mars” and Other Writings Opposing Space Settlement
Announcement: New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal Just published in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is a 90-page Critique
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Me talking Apollo 12 party times with Dick Gordon (left) and Sweet Al Bean (right.) Thank you, Kristen, for taking this photo! ALAN BEAN (Apollo
Al Worden engages in some awesomely WTF behavior circa 1967. Photos from Falling to Earth’s page on Facebook. Yes, he is drinking a beer. So
“This docking adapter is a sonofabitch. F–k it.” Gene Cernan and Tom Stafford, cuss word architects, 1966. So I’m currently avoiding writing about the NASA
Gen. Tom Stafford bravely deals with my nervous giggling and dorkiness. April 14, 2012. Photo by me. I’m basically copying this text from my Tumblr
I am not worthy. I AM NOT WORTHY, etc. Next Saturday, April 14, Kennedy Space Center will be having an Apollo 16 40th Anniversary Event.
“Yeah. I walked on the moon. So what.” Screencap from When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions. Motivation by John Watts Young. John Young, super
“To Charlie Duke…I am so sorry. My best, John Young’s GI Tract.” NASA photo. Recently, the great web site io9 published some Very Important Information
John Young, 1965. He was approximately my age (34) in this Life magazine photo. Happy birthday to Floridian badass and originator of the Blue
“Oh thank you, I seriously thought I was going to jail over my taxes. Now I can go back to my normal everyday activities, which
Gus Grissom’s facial expression above sums up my reaction to the newly-released Apollo 18 movie. 1959 photo from Life magazine. Yes, I did pay $10
“Yeah. They said I couldn’t be an astronaut. I got turned down a couple of times, got slapped by a couple of angry stewardesses who
Because Jack was once on Apollo 7’s support crew. Poor guy. 1968 Life magazine photo. Jack was a CAPCOM during Apollo 7, and was the
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