Timestream Post: Moment of Self-Doubt from 06.14.2012

Well, all of my posts can’t necessarily be rosy, can they? Today, I’m grappling with the ramifications of my decision to engage in a popular television project investigating alleged Unidentified Flying Object sightings and crashes. The results of the project, now titled, “Chasing UFOs,” bears little resemblance to the hard science project I was led to […]

“Astronaut Politics” Meme

One of the universally-championed benefits of human space exploration is not actually related to any physical activities performed while in space. Instead, an important aspect of leaving our world is the change in perception that space exploration has upon astronauts themselves, and the societies that receive them, upon their return. Irrespective of country of origin, […]

(Declaration of) Space Independence

Well, being that we recently celebrated Independence Day here in the United States, I’d like to lob a few ideas into the fray regarding the political future of our own activities in space. Namely, I’d like to talk about the idea of space sovereignty. “Commercial space” is ramping up, and when thinking seriously about the political […]