Keith’s note: Saverio “Sonny” Francis Morea has died. (Obituary). He was truly one of the few remaining Apollo legends. Ad Astra Sonny.
Apollo
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Let’s Stop Going In Circles And Go Somewhere Once Again
Once upon a time humans took short trips to the Moon. Then we stopped. Now we are going back – to stay. The prospect of an actual Moon base wherein […]
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Building Momentum
Keith’s note: The Artemis II mission got off to a slow start. Then it hit the road at warp speed. The novelty of a Moon mission and swelling media coverage […]
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That Time Wernher von Braunâs Rocket Tried To Kill My Father (Repost)
Keith’s note: As best I can collate the facts, on 18 March 1945, 81 years ago today, a V-2 missile was launched from Statenkwartier in The Hague in occupied Netherlands […]
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Echoes Of Exploration
Keith’s note: Last week I posted a quick Photoshop (No A.I.) montage on social media using NASA pics of Artemis II / Apollo 8 crews. Space nerds hammered me online […]
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Artemis Has A Strong Historic Resonance
Keith’s note: On this day in 1908 Ernest Shackleton and the British Antarctic Expedition arrived at The Bay of Whales in Antarctica. In a few years NASA will be landing […]
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Exploration Runs In Cycles On- and Offworld
Keith’s note: On this date (3 January 1958) Sir Edmund Hillary’s team reached Earth’s South Pole – the first time humans had gone overland in 50 years after Amundsen/Scott. Now […]
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An Artemis Outreach Goal For NASA
Keith’s note: I did an A.I. search. There are approx 114,500 grammar, junior, high schools (public & private) in America. Space them out from here to the Moon (239,000 miles) […]
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Far Too Many Americans Think Apollo Landings Were Faked
Keith’s note: It looks like a lot of Americans still believe in a bunch of conspiracies (surprise surprise) including the whole Apollo Moon landing thing. NASA will launch Artemis II […]