Rand Simberg is a recovering aerospace engineer and a consultant in space commercialization, space tourism and Internet security. He offers occasionally biting commentary about infinity and beyond at his weblog, Transterrestrial Musings.
The crowd loved Obama's (faulty) mop metaphor, as it played well to the willfully uninformed partisan.
The Kremlin's relationship with Iran may seriously interfere with U.S.-Russian cooperation in space.
The anniversaries of Sputnik and SpaceShipOne point the way forward for the private exploration of space.
Extending the life of the space shuttle and encouraging private space companies are two options being considered.
A satellite put in orbit by the first privately funded liquid fueled rocket may signal the end of NASA dominance of the heavens.
Making the patient sick in order to aggrandize power? That might explain the president's policies.
The Holocaust Museum shooter has absolutely nothing to do with the labels he's been given.
Charles Bolden will have to address some immediate questions about the future of America's space program.
NASA must meet enormous challenges in the coming post-shuttle era.
Comets and other cosmic debris aren't our enemies. They are simply Facebook friends that we haven't met yet.