Of moons and planets
Something fascinating from an “amateur analysis” of the moon’s orbit — the sort of thing I’m sure a lot of people wish they did but never do. In other words, the Sun exerts more than twice as much gr…
space
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Space, science, progress, hope
We were eating in a cafe that had a 50s-60s theme and had this front page of the LA Times from 1961 on the day Alan Shepard became the first American in space. I didn't do a good job of taking th…
On the space dog
From an article in the New Yorker reminiscing about Laika: But the story of Laika had a dark lie at its core.a space coffin turned shooting star…