Author Archives: denniswingo
Buzz Aldrin’s Mission to Mars, A Book Review
I am reading the new book Mission to Mars, My Vision for Space Exploration, by Buzz Aldrin. The book is a very good read, and for those of us who know Buzz, it is pretty much as we expect and … Continue reading
The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project, Original Data For Science Posterity
Note: This is a cross post of an original article of mine that was posted on the site wattsupwiththat.com today. Thanks to Anthony Watts and his readers for their support. Introduction The foundation of all observational science is data. This … Continue reading
Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project Crowdfunding….
Note to WordPress readers here. The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project of ours was approved by rockethub much quicker than we thought. It went live days earlier than we thought so we are going forward now with it. We … Continue reading
Space Abhors a Policy Vacuum; Part II, Expanding the Vision, Developing a Consensus
Part II: An Expanded Strategic Vision For the Nation, Not Just NASA As discussed previously there is a frequent equality in reports from various government chartered studies and reports between developing a strategic direction for NASA and developing one for … Continue reading
Space Abhors a Policy Vacuum; The NRC Report and The Need for a Broad National Space Policy
NOTE: This is Part one of a two part post…. In December of 2012 the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on NASA’s Strategic Direction, in response to a congressional mandate, conducted a study and published a report entitled; NASA’s Strategic … Continue reading
Skycorp—Out of the Closet
Who Me, Start a Company? I usually keep my personal and professional lives separate but today is special. I founded my company, Skycorp Incorporated in March of 1998. I got the idea from Alan Steele’s book “Orbital Decay” and its … Continue reading
Reclaiming Our Future in Space….
The Path of History The above quotation was from an article critical of the space program in life magazine from August 15, 1969, barely two weeks after the return of the Apollo 11 from its historic journey. It illustrates in … Continue reading
Nuclear Power to the People–On the Moon
To Nuke or Not to Nuke the Moon, That is the Multi-Billion Dollar Question Energy is the lifeblood of civilization. This is true on Earth as well as for of our outward move into the solar system. Wherever we go, … Continue reading
An Open Letter to the National Research Council’s Committee on the Strategic Direction of NASA
Tonight I went to the web page for the National Research Council’s committee on the strategic direction of NASA. Here is the website, I invite everyone to go there and voice your own opinion. http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DEPS/ASEB/DEPS_067029?ssSourceSiteId=SSB I am annoyed at some … Continue reading
Changing the Conversation about the Economic Development of the Moon
Changing the Conversation It is time to throw down the gauntlet as they say, regarding the Moon. It is my firm conviction that the industrialization of the Moon is the necessary and logical first goal of the second American space … Continue reading
