End of an era

Griffin's NASA will choose crewed spaceflight over science.

NASA's crewed spaceflight programs brought us the shuttle and ISS, both tremendous money sinks without a proportional payoff, while its uncrewed program has dominated the study of the solar system outside the Earth's orbit.

Most of the world's economy is outside the US. This might be a good time for the rest of us to pick up the space sciences batton the US is dropping.

End of an era

Griffin's NASA will choose crewed spaceflight over science.

NASA's crewed spaceflight programs brought us the shuttle and ISS, both tremendous money sinks without a proportional payoff, while its uncrewed program has dominated the study of the solar system outside the Earth's orbit.

Most of the world's economy is outside the US. This might be a good time for the rest of us to pick up the space sciences batton the US is dropping.

End of an era

Griffin's NASA will choose crewed spaceflight over science.

NASA's crewed spaceflight programs brought us the shuttle and ISS, both tremendous money sinks without a proportional payoff, while its uncrewed program has dominated the study of the solar system outside the Earth's orbit.

Most of the world's economy is outside the US. This might be a good time for the rest of us to pick up the space sciences batton the US is dropping.

Yesterday's Startling Visual

Two legs sticking up out of the dumpster behind 103 Queen. On closer inspection, the bottom half of a discarded mannequin.

Yesterday's Startling Visual

Two legs sticking up out of the dumpster behind 103 Queen. On closer inspection, the bottom half of a discarded mannequin.

Yesterday's Startling Visual

Two legs sticking up out of the dumpster behind 103 Queen. On closer inspection, the bottom half of a discarded mannequin.