Can We Afford Space?
/A fully funded space program costs a lot. And we have other priorities. So what's the argument for funding space?
Read MoreA fully funded space program costs a lot. And we have other priorities. So what's the argument for funding space?
Read MoreHaven't we already done the big stuff, like setting foot on the Moon?
Read MoreThe Apollo program inspired students to go into science, technology, engineering and math. Today, most STEM Ph.D.'s in America get awarded to foreign students.
Read MoreThe Hartford Courant just published our piece about finding the future in space--with a Connecticut angle.
http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-sandford-ct-high-tech-future-20180604-story.html
Cheer up! There are plenty of ways to destroy humanity; and plenty of ways to save ourselves. Most of the solutions involve space.
Read MoreObama wants us to go to Mars. But these days we seem more interested in watching Matt Damon in space than in funding space.
Read MoreFor one thing, satellites generate weather prediction worth $11 billion a year. That's equal to two thirds NASA's budget.
Read MoreOne great example of the knowledge ore--information that private companies mine to produce new products--is a device that can revolutionize drug delivery.
Read MoreIt really wasn’t that long ago when the two greatest superpowers were vying to put satellites into space. Now, 50 nations have their own satellites in low Earth orbit. If you’re a Thailand, say, you can call Space Systems/Loral, a Canadian-owned company based in Palo Alto, California, and tell them you want to put a satellite into geostationary orbit for television broadcasting or military communications. You can have the thing in orbit 25,000 miles above Earth within two years.