The Augustine Commission, which is developing and reviewing plans for NASA direction in manned space flight, has been told to present only three options. At the moment, they have seven. Of the seven, only three stay within the budget within which NASA must work. These plans are tantalizing and disappointing. Continue the Constellation program and [...]

I had a correspondence with H. D. McDaniel, a man who worked at the Cape in the early sixties and beyond. He worked in “Launch Sequencing” which is monitoring preparations and activities up to (and including) the launch of a space vehicle. This is a pretty obscure area. Even as a space buff, I really [...]

I don’t know for sure if this much is true…but there’s a report that the band Spandau Ballet will perform on a Virgin Galactic flight in 2012. My sources are blogs…and I don’t know what their sources are…so this is possible, but uncertain. In any case, one lucky passenger should be able to see the [...]