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10 Spiritual Connections of the Human Exploration of Space
As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first astronomical use of the telescope, we’re also reminded of his serious troubles with the Vatican regarding the theological implications of his...
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The Secret of Why Apollo Was a "Giant Step, Full Stop"
It’s understandable that there’s concern now about why Apollo didn’t continue. Indeed, 40 years ago humans first landed on the Moon. But after five more reps, it — i.e., human spaceflight beyond Earth...
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The Right Stuff, Celebrities, and Sarkar's Social Cycles
The media continues to reverberate today with profound thoughts about Apollo 11′s 40th anniversary. For example, The Wall Street Journal is struck by how different things are now versus the 1960s. The...
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How President Obama is Creating the New Space Age
Fear not. The Augustine Commission and Congress notwithstanding, President Obama is setting the stage for the next Space Age. And below I examine 2 specific, well-constrained scenarios, and their...
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Does Obama’s New Space Policy Indicate He is JFK, Richard Nixon, or (god...
This is an elaboration of my recent post: “State of the Wave: 10 Space Trends for 2010,” which appeared before Obama’s state of the union address. Reports that NASA’s Moon program will be discontinued...
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“The Greatest International Space Project of All Time”
The European Space Agency’s online newsletter today notes that: The International Space Station has won two prizes as the greatest international space project of all time. Aviation Week’s Laureate...
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Gliese 581g and “100%” Ebullience about Nearby Space Aliens
The recent discovery of Gliese 581g — a potentially Earth-like planet only 20 light years away from us — has become a growing cultural phenomenon. Using the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, Steven Vogt of...
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Michael Barone Comments on 1894 Political Scenario of 21stCenturyWaves.com
This week Gallup.com released poll results that suggest voter trends in the direction of economic/political scenarios that have been previously identified by 21stCenturyWaves.com as potentially highly...
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State of the Wave: Obama on Space — The New Eisenhower or JFK?
In his extremely widely-read blog, Stanford’s Daniel Pipes, head of the Middle East Forum, scoffs at NASA Administrator Bolden’s recent assertion that NASA is pursuing “a new beginning of the...
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JFK, “The Kennedys” and the Next Space President
Just finished watching the last episode of The Kennedys on REELZ Channel. It’s an 8-part miniseries that focuses mainly on political and military events related to John F. Kennedy’s presidency, and...
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