Steeljaw Scribe

Forty years ago, man had slipped the gravitational pull that had kept him shackled  in orbit around his home planet, and boldly struck out for the Moon.  
Forty years ago, in a live broadcast on Christmas Eve  for the ages, he sent back stunning images of his world and our perspective was forever changed: 
William Anders:
“For all [...]

“I’ll take ‘Space’ for $100B Alex”
“Russia, South Ossetia, Georgia and the ISS.”
“What is - How the US could find itself locked out of the ISS after 2010 Alex”

Russia’s invasion and occupation of South Ossetia could have far reaching effects off world.  In a scenario strikingly reminiscent of the movie, 2010  , increased tensions between the [...]

Blasting, billowing, bursting forth
With the power of ten
    billion butterfly sneezes
Man with his flaming pyre
Has conquered the wayward breezes
Climbing to tranquility
Far above the cloud
Conceiving the heavens
Clear of misty shroud…
- Moody Blues, Higher and Higher
Growing up we were insatiable in our appetite for anything related to space - missiles, telescopes, books on astronomy - or anything [...]