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BySteeljawscribe 22 October 2014

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Lunar Reflections
BySteeljawscribe 23 June 2009

And so here we are, on the cusp of the 40th anniversary of the first landing on the Moon – where have we come in those forty years?Â As a star-crossed (literally) youth in 1969, my imagination was fired by the likes of the space program.Â From Sheppard’s sub-orbital flight that I recall watching from…

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China’s ASAT – The Problem With Debris (Part II)
BySteeljawscribe 11 April 200728 February 2010

Well, can’t say YHS was entirely surprised. As we first discussed here, the repercussions of this type of test would be felt for sometime. Comes now today an article from Reuters wherein we find the debris field to be larger than first expected: U.S. DETAILS CHINA SATELLITE DEBRIS, Reuters, April 11, 2007. A larger than…

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Back to the Future: LRO Images Apollo 11’s Landing Site
BySteeljawscribe 19 July 200919 July 2009

Apropos that on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the landing on the Moon, the latest US visitor and (hopefully) precursor to our return via the Constellation program, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the location in Mare Tranquilis that was the site of Apollo 11’s landing (click on image to enlarge): Note the object…

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2010: The Year We Lose Contact?
BySteeljawscribe 7 September 2008

“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.Â In a scenario strikingly reminiscent of the movie, 2010, increased tensions…

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“That’s One Small Step for A Man…” Neil Alden Armstrong (1930-2012)
BySteeljawscribe 25 August 2012

Sad word today that Neil Armstrong – Naval Aviator, test pilot and first man on the Moon, has passed.Â Neil Armstrong typified the “quiet professional” whose coolness in extremis events were exemplified in flying the X-15 and especially so on orbit as commander of Gemini VIII when things suddenly went very, very wrong (@ the…

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ROSKOSMOS Head on Recent Failures – “…Sabotage”
BySteeljawscribe 11 January 201211 January 2012

When all else fails – and your butt is on the line with a major PR catastrophe looming, it is best to man-up, square your shoulders and do your duty as organizational lead by assuming responsibility before The Big Guy…unless you are the head of Russia’s ROSKOSMOS space agency.Â Then you can hint darkly about…

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