A SERIOUSLY SPECULATIVE LOOK AT CERES
September 22, 2020It’s been a long time since anyone sent me a picture of something “up there” that really captures my high octane speculation mind, and […]
Tag: asteroid mining
CHINA TELEPORTS AN ELECTRON FROM GROUND TO SPACE
July 18, 2019This story was spotted by many readers here, and passed along to me, and for good reason, because that internet of things just took […]
“CLIMATE CHANGE” BOTHERING YOU? JUST MOVE THE ...
June 10, 2019G.P. noticed this article, and sent it to me, and when I saw what the title of it was, I thought to myself, “You’ve […]
MORE DRIP DRIP DRIP? SATURN’S DISAPPEARING RINGS…
May 22, 2019Yesterday you might have noticed there was no blog, and before we get to today’s Saturnalia, I want to say a few words about […]
OF ASTEROIDS AND ELECTROSTATIC GENERATORS
May 3, 2019I’m always amazed at the ability of the “Gizars” to spot intriguing information, especially if it concerns technologies that don’t normally “show up on […]
MORE DRIP DRIP DRIP… CARBON NANOTUBES CHEAPER TO MAKE THANKS TO ...
April 8, 2019This is one of those stories that makes you go “Hmmm….” and was spotted by Ms. K.M. who sent it along with the observation […]
JAPAN JUST TOOK THE NEXT STEP TO ASTEROID MINING
October 3, 2018We’ve been hearing a lot in recent years about the possibility of mining the Moon, Mars, and asteroids. In fact, as I’ve pointed out […]
THE FUTURE OF SPACE-BASED EXPERIMENTS
June 20, 2018Every now and then I receive an article from an individual which, behind its bland rhetoric, might be implying much more sinister or more […]
TIDBIT: PROJECT RAMA: TURNING ASTEROIDS INTO SPACECRAFT
May 3, 2017…and after you’ve hollowed out an asteroid by mining it, you can then use it as a large spacecraft(kind of like the Martian moon […]
3D PRINTING SCRAPBOOK: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ON THE MOON AND MARS
April 21, 2017A few weeks ago I blogged about the possibilities of additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, for the construction of permanent buildings and dwellings on […]
GOLDMAN SACHS, PLATINUM, AND ASTEROID MINING
April 12, 2017I am always amazed at the careful and sharp eyes of the readership of this site, especially for their ability to spot the odd […]
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO “HMMMM…”: NASA AND THAT TEN ...
January 26, 2017So many people sent me versions of this story that it is definitely one of those things that’s been “in the aether” this past […]
CHINA JOINS SPACE RACE TO TEST EM DRIVE
December 26, 2016Over the holidays many important stories emerged, and I hope to be covering them this week prior to New Year’s, but one of those […]
GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ENTERS THE ASTEROID MINING BUSINESS
November 5, 2016This article, shared by one of our regular readers here, Ms. M.W., I thought was very interesting, and while I was reading it, my […]
DID WE JUST DISCOVER TWO NEW MOONS OF URANUS?
October 21, 2016This has been a week of very strange space news, and of course, the centerpiece of these stories has been President Obama’s executive order […]
NASA BEEFS UP SPENDING ON ITS DOOMSDAY ASTEROID DETECTION
August 9, 2016Yesterday, you’ll recall, I blogged about the untimely death of Major General John Rossi, the USA’s newly appointed “space commander”, and I indicated that […]
THE AFTERMATH OF BREXIT: GERMANY WANTS TO MOVE THE EU BANKING ...
July 7, 2016Now, unless you’re Jean-Claude Juncker and have been commiserating with extra-terrestrials over the BREXIT vote in a Luxembourg pub over shared martinis, you’ll have […]
PROJECT RAMA: TURNING ASTEROIDS INTO SPACESHIPS
June 24, 2016I couldn’t resist this story, even though this week has been largely taken up with geopolitical news. It was shared by Ms. M.W. and […]
THOR’S HAMMER TO CRUSH MATERIALS AT 1,000,000 ATMOSPHERES
January 13, 2016Yesterday I blogged about the necessity of developing practical technologies to make the proposals of mining asteroids economical and practical. Over the course of […]
THREE D PRINTING SCRAPBOOK: ASTEROID MINING
January 12, 2016This article caught my eye, as it did a number of you as well, and I suspect it may have caught yours for reasons […]
NASA: HOW TO BUILD A DEATH STAR
December 28, 2015If you’re following all the strange space news recently, this one, shared by Mr. V.G., surely has to be filed under the “Strangest” category. […]
PLANETARY PROSPECTING: EXACTLY WHY DOES EVERYONE WANT TO MINE ...
September 13, 2015As most regular readers here are aware, over the past few years there has been a push, both in media coverage, and in reality, […]
“LOCK ON THE TRACTOR BEAMS…”
October 31, 2014Many regular readers here shared this article from our friends at Phys.org, concerning the successful experiment conducted by Australian scientists to create a small […]
ASTEROID MINING: US CONGRESS CONSIDERS BILLS, AND SOME HIGH OCTANE ...
September 30, 2014Recently I had a fascinating conversation with former Assistant Secretary of HUD Catherine Austin Fitts, and the subject of our conversation was – as […]