What Rocket Am I?: Quiz 11 Clue 1: I launched the Dong Fang Hong 1 satellite. Clue 2: I am a three-stage rocket with solid upper stage. Clue 3: I stand 32 meters tall. Clue 4: I was first launched in 1970. Clue 5: My payload to low Earth orbit is 300 kg. Clue 6: I was developed

Plants can be taught to live in new environments and even in new worlds. This process is called adaptation, and it might decide whether our colonies succeed or fail. Let's talk about what it is, why it works, how to do it efficiently, and why it matters for Mars.

Why I'm Called - Neptune I am Neptune. I am the eighth planet from the Sun. My name was given in 1846. I was named by Urbain Le Verrier (predicted it mathematically; proposed name) and Johann Galle (observed it). I was predicted via gravitational effects on Uranus; named

What Rocket Am I?: Quiz 12 Clue 1: My payload to orbit was about 11 kg. Clue 2: I am a four-stage rocket based on the Jupiter-C missile. Clue 3: I was developed in the United States by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Clue 4: I was first launched in 1958. Clue 5: I helped

Why I'm Called - Jupiter I am Jupiter. I am the fifth planet from the Sun. My name was given in antiquity (observed by Babylonians ~2000 BCE). I was named by Ancient Babylonians (as Marduk), Greeks (as Zeus), Romans (as Iuppiter). My name came about because as the largest

What Rocket Am I?: Quiz 13 Clue 1: I use storable hypergolic propellants. Clue 2: I was developed by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. Clue 3: I stand 57 meters tall. Clue 4: I am a Ukrainian-designed launch vehicle. Clue 5: I was first successfully launched in 1985. Clue 6: I launched

Mars 2026 only needs two more things - are they been given the highest priority? Steps to Mars in 2026. 1. Launch Starship to orbit 2. Refuel Starship 3. Fly to Mars 4. Land. The only two things missing at the moment are; 1st: In-space refueling 2nd: Landing Legs. Are these

Why I'm Called - Comet NEOWISE I am Comet NEOWISE. I am a comet discovered by a space telescope in 2020. My name was given in 2020. I was named by NEOWISE mission. My name came about discovered by the NEOWISE space telescope program, named after the mission. My name means

What Rocket Am I?: Quiz 14 Clue 1: I use liquid hydrogen/oxygen propellants. Clue 2: I was developed by NASDA. Clue 3: I was first launched in 1994. Clue 4: I am Japan's first fully domestic liquid-fueled rocket. Clue 5: I launched the OREX reentry test vehicle. Clue 6: My

Who else would like to see Jared (Jared Isaacman) lead a private Moon landing mission?

Why I'm Called - Uranus I am Uranus. I am the seventh planet from the Sun. My name was given in 1782 (discovered 1781; named 1782). I was named by Johann Bode (proposed the name); William Herschel (discoverer) initially called it Georgium Sidus after King George III. My name

What Rocket Am I?: Quiz 15 Clue 1: I was first successfully launched in 1994. Clue 2: I use solid and liquid propellant stages. Clue 3: I was developed by ISRO. Clue 4: I stand 44 meters tall. Clue 5: I launched the IRS-P2 satellite. Clue 6: I am India's reliable workhorse

Mars 2026 & Starship Flight 10 Impact! (well hopefully no impacts unless they are planned 😊) Here's my view of how the different possible Starship Flight 10 outcomes could impact the likelihood of a Mars 2026 mission. 1. Total Success: Mars 2026 almost certain. 2. Booster

Rare footage of SpaceX competing in the reusable launcher market:

Why I'm Called - Comet Swift-Tuttle I am Comet Swift-Tuttle. I am the parent comet of the Perseid meteor shower. My name was given in 1862. I was named by Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle. My name came about when I was independently discovered by Swift and Tuttle, named

The question is, with Ai powered humanoid robots, who can do almost any job a person can do, will we need so many trade and technical people to colonize Mars, the Moon and large space stations? For every 100 people we thought we needed before, what percentage do we need now (or

MISSION SUCCESS for Electron’s 70th launch and latest lift-off from LC-1! ❤️ Lived. 😄 Laughed. 🚀 Launched. ✅ Payload deployed.

Starship is an impressive machine, and these are great shots of it getting ready for Flight 10.