State of the Wave — 10 Space Trends for 2010
The big space news for 2009 was that we didn’t learn the answer to the big question: What is the future of human spaceflight in the U.S.? But this didn’t happen in a vacuum and it was anticipated by...
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Does Obama’s New Space Policy Indicate He is JFK, Richard Nixon, or (god...
This is an elaboration of my recent post: “State of the Wave: 10 Space Trends for 2010,” which appeared before Obama’s state of the union address. Reports that NASA’s Moon program will be discontinued...
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“The Greatest International Space Project of All Time”
The European Space Agency’s online newsletter today notes that: The International Space Station has won two prizes as the greatest international space project of all time. Aviation Week’s Laureate...
View ArticleNear-Term Wars Threaten the New Space Age
Recently the Wall Street Journal (3/31/10) expressed concern about the “fading hope” of sanctions on Iran, We are left with a stark alternative: Either Iran gets a nuclear weapon and we manage the...
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Obama’s New Space Policy and the Spirit of Apollo
The response to Obama’s new space policy from the Apollo program folks and the Texas Congressional delegation has been quite negative; e.g., from Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11), James Lovell (Apollo 13),...
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Michael Barone Comments on 1894 Political Scenario of 21stCenturyWaves.com
This week Gallup.com released poll results that suggest voter trends in the direction of economic/political scenarios that have been previously identified by 21stCenturyWaves.com as potentially highly...
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State of the Wave: Obama on Space — The New Eisenhower or JFK?
In his extremely widely-read blog, Stanford’s Daniel Pipes, head of the Middle East Forum, scoffs at NASA Administrator Bolden’s recent assertion that NASA is pursuing “a new beginning of the...
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Is the Moon a “Golden Oldie” or a “One Hit Wonder”?
Former NASA engineer Homer Hickam recently asked, “How about a Moon base?” (Wall Street Journal, 12/14/10). In 1984, the great NASA Administrator during the first human missions to the Moon (1968-70),...
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State of the Wave — 10 Space Trends for 2011
Dramatic change has swept the space world since January 2010, when “State of the Wave — 10 Space Trends for 2010″ first appeared. Nevertheless, current directions in space and related areas are well...
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JFK, “The Kennedys” and the Next Space President
Just finished watching the last episode of The Kennedys on REELZ Channel. It’s an 8-part miniseries that focuses mainly on political and military events related to John F. Kennedy’s presidency, and...
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