The James Webb Space Telescope will orbit something called L2, discovered thanks to math in an era where only sheep (and a duck and a rooster) flew. (Courtesy NASA)
My 12-year-old daughter, as 12-year-old daughters do, asked me what's the use of math. I wrote a book about space engineers. Their work is the manifestation of math. I have…
Courtesy Ball Aerospace.
A closely held secret among journalists is that, once you write a story, the mind tends to shed the details rather hastily. And so, despite seeming authoritative -- and actually being rather authoritative -- for the duration of a given story and for a day or two afterward, it fades fast. Hence the…
My driver’s license expires at the end of December, so I decided today was a good time to get in and get it renewed. I had to go in-person, the ten-year license I was issued in 2004 not allowing online renewal. So I watched my eight year old climb on the big yellow school bus…
Dylan Hitchcock-Lopez of Seashaken, here demonstrably in fishmonger (as opposed to philosopher) mode.
My favorite philospher-fishmonger of all time, Dylan Hitchkock-Lopez, has launched Kickstarter campaign for his startup business, Seashaken. Be sure to click on the video - well worth the 2:40.
The Grist story linked above (and again right there. Sorry to be redundant. Did I…
SpaceShipTwo wreckage, Oct. 31, 2014 (via BBC)
It's only been a couple of hours since Virgin Galactic lost its SpaceShipTwo spacecraft. The names of the pilots -- one dead, one clinging to life -- have yet to be released. I got the initial word via Twitter, a retweet of @spacecom via Alan Stern and some others. CNN,…