Category Archives: Space!

Failure to Launch

Posted on May 28, 2020 by tengrain

The SpaceX failure to send Americans into space yesterday really isn’t a politics story… until it was. NYTimes (emphasis mine): At Cape Canaveral, Trump’s Search for a Heroic Narrative Is Thwarted “For President Trump, it was a chance to rewrite … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Science, Space!, Technology | 14 Comments

Splat Earther

Posted on February 24, 2020 by tengrain

I know I’m gonna get dragged for that headline… The WaPo has the polite one: ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes, who wanted to prove the flat-Earth theory, dies in homemade-rocket disaster The plan: Float dozens of miles high in a balloon, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, snark, Space!, War on Science | 19 Comments

We Did Big Things Once

Posted on July 17, 2019 by tengrain

This is pretty great: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ light show on Washington Monument to mark Apollo 11. The celebration includes projecting an image of the Saturn V rocket on the Washington Monument. Saturday will be the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Space! | 9 Comments

To The Moon With You!

Posted on June 16, 2019 by tengrain

Apollo 11 in Real Time: A real-time journey through the first landing on the Moon. This is so cool, fellow-nerds! It really is like reliving when we landed on the moon, minute by minute. You can join it in progress … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Space! | 3 Comments

Stable Genius: To the moon with you!

Posted on June 8, 2019 by tengrain

For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon – We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Science, Space! | 12 Comments

This is so cool

Posted on December 10, 2018 by tengrain

Instead of news driving you to drink, how about having one for the road for Voyager 2, which is now in interstellar space!

Posted in Science, Space! | 5 Comments

I Don’t Mind Trump Going Into Space

Posted on June 18, 2018 by tengrain

…it’s the return trip that bums me out. Trump Wants ‘Space Force’ Added to Military as New U.S. Service President Donald Trump called for a new “Space Force” to be added to the U.S. military as an armed service separate … Continue reading →

Posted in 4th Reich, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Space! | 9 Comments

Bridenstein To Lead Space Agency

Posted on April 20, 2018 by tengrain

The US Senate in all of its august wisdom has installed Rep. Jim Bridenstein to be the head of NASA: “Typically, NASA administrators are chosen from within NASA’s ranks, come up through the military, or have a background in science. … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, Science, Space! | 6 Comments

I Don’t Mind Sending Trump Into Space…

Posted on March 14, 2018 by tengrain

…it’s the return trip that bums me out. (Live footage of Trump leading his Space Force) Trump floats the idea of creating a ‘Space Force’ to fight wars in space two words: Space Cadet.

Posted in 4th Reich, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Science, Space!, War on Science | 15 Comments

I Do Not Object To Launching Republicans Into Space

Posted on February 23, 2018 by tengrain

…it’s the return trip that bums me out: US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross wants to turn the moon into a gas station. pic.twitter.com/SjB6TXTRlM — CNBC (@CNBC) February 22, 2018 Living Unisom Wilbur Ross has been put in charge of “deregulating” … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Space!, Wilbur Ross the Living Unisom | 16 Comments