Keith’s note: “Ad Astra” should really have used the entire phrase “Ad Astra Per Aspera” – “through hardships to the stars” – as its title. Brad Pitt certainly endures more than his fair share of hardships during his Homeric trek across the solar system to find and then confront his father.

Ad Astra: A Conversation with Brad Pitt, James Gray and NASA Officials “Join us for a special evening with Brad Pitt as he discusses his new film Ad Astra. He will be joined by writer and director James Gray as well as NASA officials, Dr. Sarah Noble and Lindsay Aitchison. Ad Astra is a science fiction, adventure film that was created with the intention of presenting “the most realistic depiction […]

Keith’s Note: NASA’s current slogan is “Forward To The Moon”. They say this because they do not want to say “Back To The Moon” Isn’t about time for NASA to speak boldly about what it plans to do?

Ad Astra Rocket Company and NASA move to execution phase of NextSTEP VASIMR partnership “NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems Program sponsors NextSTEP awards in a 50/50 cost partnership with industry. Under this award, Ad Astra will conduct a long duration, high power test of an upgraded version of the VX-200TM VASIMR prototype, the VX-200SSTM (for steady state), for a minimum of 100 hours continuously at a power level of 100 kW. […]

VASIMR VX-200 Reaches 200 kW Power Milestone (with videos), Ad Astra Rocket Company “Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR(R) VX-200 rocket prototype reached its highly- coveted 200 kW maximum power milestone at 11:59 am (CST) in tests conducted at the company’s Houston laboratory. The DC power trace actually exceeded the design requirement by 1 kW and exhibited the clear signature of a wellestablished plateau at peak power (see graph). The achievement […]