Every so often I become worried about whether we’ll have a future in space. Right now my thoughts run this way because we’re sacrificing so much to go boldly where we went 40 years ago.
The robotic Mars exploration program has been truncated, the Terrestrial Planet Finder and Europa Orbiter have been cancelled, work to […]
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Saving spaceflight
Published May 8th, 2007 in moon, space exploration, Mars and science. 29 CommentsPebbles on the seashore
Published April 10th, 2007 in extrasolar planets, astronomy, asteroids, moon, space exploration, sustainability, light pollution, Mars, dinosaurs and climate change. 2 CommentsI have three books to write. The new edition of my 2001 NASA publication Humans to Mars is due in a week and a half and I have two and a half chapters left to write. I spoke with the editor yesterday, and he says I can still make the fall 2008 publication date if […]