A Second Glance at Mercury

KiwiThinker's log, supplemental

So the question of the day is

Harvest from the Lunar Night

So the question of the day is: why does the Starbase Louisiana layout have such a large gap down the middle? Then I got thinking. Could that open strip be ready for a future Shuttle-class runway?

Are you seeing it? The 5/5/5 bot ratio. About 5 bots on one focus. About 5 times the output. About 1/5 the time. There may be many bots, yet they seem to cluster in fives. Build. Research. Track. Market.

Today in Space History - Horizon From The Coast 🚀 Stardate 1443.2252 (SEPTEMBER 19, 1988) From a coastal pad south of Tel Aviv a Shavit rocket rose on a September morning, carrying Ofeq-1 into a retrograde

Where on Earth would you actually stand up a Mars colony sim? Not a two-week habitat stay. A real base you add to every two years, the same cadence a Starship wave would use. I have been looking at

“I am calling it: First human landing on Mars: 21 November 2033.” Parent post: 48 hours later, the call still stands. First human landing on Mars: 21 November 2033, 01:00 UTC. CSD 3819.0300. Countdown

KiwiThinker's log, stardate 3441.5757. 🌌 "It's human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand. Exploration is not a choice, really; it's an imperative." - Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut

The Isaacman Effect - Week 35 National security stakes in the Moon race, Space Academy RFI heats up, and NASA eyes its swagger. National security and the Moon race At the Air, Space & Cyber Conference

New Nova Block 2: The Crew Revelation Block 2 is really a three-stage rocket. Stage 1 comes home. Stage 2 comes home. The 5 m fairing - if that is the bit that does not - is the third stage you throw away.

Today in Space History - Breath of a Red World 🚀 Stardate 1916.2080 (SEPTEMBER 17, 1997) Mars Global Surveyor slipped into the thin upper air of the red planet, letting atmospheric drag slowly circularize

Do we even need OpenClaw any more now that there is Grok Bot? Not that long ago OpenClaw was the shiny new toy. Self-hosted. Runs on your box. Talks to you in WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord. Plugs

KiwiThinker's log, supplemental - stardate 3441.3670 🌌 In space, tears don't fall - they just stick to your face. #Q1Ls

I am calling it: First human landing on Mars: 21 November 2033. A Sunday night in America, a Monday afternoon in New Zealand, a ship on the dirt at Arcadia Planitia. Landing time 21 November 2033, 01:00

KiwiThinker's log, stardate 3441.0820. 🌌 "The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42." - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #SpaceQuotes

Starlab Space Station and Stationships

KiwiThinker's log, supplemental - stardate 3440.8499 🌌 Saturn's rings are younger than the dinosaurs. #Q1Ls

Cassini's Graceful Farewell