When the commanders of the six Apollo lunar landing missions took their lunar modules to the surface, they had a computer with them.
And, although in those days computers had tiny memories and operated slowly by today’s standard, they were cleverly designed and programmed machines. And it was important that they performed well…because if a LM [...]

I’m reading a book, Earthrise: How Man First Saw the Earth, by Robert Poole. It’s fascinating reading, and it centers on how those early photos of the earth from space changed our culture.
Not Too Interested in Our Home Planet
And perhaps the most interesting point of the book is this: parts of a science-obsessed NASA generally [...]

Quick! Name a rocket scientist!
Yeah, maybe you thought of Robert Goddard, but most likely the name Wernher von Braun came to mind. More than 3 decades after his death, he probably remains the world’s most famous rocket scientist. So famous that an important new biography of him was published late last year.
Michael J. Neufeld’s “Von [...]