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This test flight encourages optimism in the future of spaceflight. In the near term, the "West" could continue to lead the race to the Moon and the planets; in the long term, we could become a multi-planetary species.

I recommend Rick Tumlinson's book to all space enthusiasts - it will boost your enthusiasm and help you see this new exciting phase of human spaceflight from a cosmic perspective.

Jared Isaacman is now NASA's administrator, NASA is ordered to return to the Moon ans establish a permanent lunar outpost, and Artemis II could launch in a only a few weeks.

A new interview portrays the new NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman as an enthusiastic leader committed to revitalizing NASA through bold policies, reduced bureaucracy, and partnerships.

This is a different kind of Moon race, one defined less by singular achievements and more by sustained presence and partnerships.

SpaceX achieved another milestone with the successful Starship's Integrated Flight Test 11 (IFT-11), chich comes at a critical juncture in the intensifying US-China space race to return humans to the Moon.

How to return to the Moon sustainably, how to establish a permanent US presence on the lunar surface, and how to beat China in this new race to the Moon, and NASA leadership, continues to be intensely debated in the US. This post chronicles some recent twists and turns of the overall story.

Just days before the final Senate vote, Donald Trump unexpectedly withdrew Jared Isaacman’s nomination as NASA Administrator. There may be troubled times ahead for NASA.

Humanity is expanding outward into space, and it is doing so at an accelerating pace. AI is also accelerating outward.