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When I was growing up in the 1970s, I was already an avid space enthusiast who tried to keep abreast of all the latest space missions. […]
For almost as long as I have had a serious interest in the Soviet space program, I have been enjoying Soviet space art. In addition to […]
Back when I was a pre-teen space enthusiast, I wasn’t much of a reader, but I loved pictures taken from space. Whenever I got hold of […]
Whenever the hot weather finally arrives in New England, some of my thoughts during idle moments turn towards memories of summer vacations from school when I […]
Habitable moons have been the spectacular settings for a number of science fiction stories over the decades. For scifi movie enthusiasts of my age, the forest […]
We have all had the experience of when we are looking for something, we sometimes do not find it. But as soon as we stop looking, […]
A few years back I moved my home office/library into much more spacious accommodations in the finished basement of the house I owned at the time. […]
There have been media reports about a propulsion technology under study that would allow Mars to be reached in just three days instead of the multi-month […]
Over the years I have discovered that space-related attractions can sometimes be found in the most unexpected places. A few years ago, I wrote an article […]
For over half a century, controversy has swirled around Barnard’s Star and the possibility it could harbor extrasolar planets. Back when I was growing up in […]
When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of the work of the famous science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov. But it was not his […]
The history of spaceflight is littered with projects that never flew. Many projects never get past the concept stage while a few were cancelled only months […]