Tag Archives: Elon Musk

We Need a Moon Base, Not An Orbital Station

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Sabine Priestley

I recently came across an op-ed on how we could establish a moon base in four years and thought it worth sharing, especially in light of my increasing annoyance with our government’s plan for a Lunar Orbital-Platform Gateway. A dreadful acronym that.  … Continue reading →

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Elon Musk is Rocket Man.

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Sabine Priestley

Once upon a time, Elon Musk wanted to put something on Mars. He really, REALLY, wanted to put-something-on-mars. He was willing to buy rockets from Russia in order to do so. But it was astronomically costly and Elon was frustrated. So … Continue reading →

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The Grand Threat of Death by Robot

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Sabine Priestley

Today’s post on technology is from my spawn, er, minion, no wait… offspring! AKA, my son, Sebastian Priestley. He’s a young man in high school with lots of ideas on our current and future world. That’s a good thing considering … Continue reading →

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One way or another, we are going to the stars…

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Sabine Priestley

When I see things like this, VASIMR Drive, I get all nerd-gasmy inside. (Thanks to one of my tribe, Lea Kirk, for throwing this my way). Whether it’s an EM drive, VASIMR, or another ION drive, it is going to happen. … Continue reading →

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