Archive for the 'Essays' Category

Earthquake Report

• August 31, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 5:58pm

• April 20, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Monday, March 28, 2005, 5:23pm

• April 4, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Friday, March 18, 2005, 5:45pm

• October 12, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Friday, March 18, 2005, 8:17am

• October 5, 2010 • Leave a Comment

The Space Exploration “Because Its There” Myth

• August 23, 2010 • Leave a Comment

The SpaceX Merlin – The Newest American Rocket Engine

• August 16, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Discretionary Space

• July 20, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Why so Little Launch Reliability?

• July 13, 2010 • Leave a Comment

The Legacy of the Space Shuttle RIP

• July 6, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Text of John F. Kennedy’s ‘Moon’ Speech to Congress

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Wednesday, March 16, 2005, 5:50pm

• July 2, 2010 • Leave a Comment

‘Settlement of Space’

• June 27, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Wednesday, March 16, 2005, 8:16am

• June 26, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Tuesday, March 15, 2005, 6:00pm

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Mars Mission Radiation

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Commercial Space

• June 22, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Space TV and other Media

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The Inventor in Me

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Why not Mars?

• June 16, 2010 • 1 Comment

What of Constellation?

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Mission to Mars in Four Basic Questions

• June 14, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Text of JFK’s ‘Moon’ Speech at Rice University

• June 14, 2010 • 1 Comment

Space Economics

• June 10, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Dave Scott

• June 6, 2010 • Leave a Comment

The new Arizona immigration law

• May 1, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Apollo 13 – 40 Years Later

• April 13, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Thursday, February 10, 2005, 8:16am

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Thursday, January 20, 2005, 8:20

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Thursday, January 13, 2005, 8:23am

• January 10, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Wednesday, January 12, 2005, 5:55pm

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005, 8:14am

• January 10, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Roman Construction Engineering

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Camouflage

• January 6, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Design is a Necessary Evil (at Best)

• January 5, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Long Term Grief

• December 29, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Stayin’ Afloat

• December 26, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Wednesday, December 22, 2004, 5:58pm

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The Future of Media

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Tuesday, December 21, 2004, 8:15am

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Friday, December 17, 2004, 8:17am

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Thursday, December 16, 2004, 4:05pm

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Thursday, December 16, 2004, 8:14am

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Friday, December 10, 2004, 8:25am

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Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 8:20am

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Monday, December 6, 2004, 8:23am

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Friday, December 3, 2004, 6:05pm

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Thursday, December 2, 4:15pm

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Thursday, December 2, 2004

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Wednesday, December 1, 6:07pm

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KotP – Four years on…

• November 27, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Tuesday, November 23, 2004, 5:57pm

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Monday, November 22, 5:35am

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Monday, November 22, 2004, 8:25am

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Friday, November 19, 2004, 6:27pm

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Thursday, November 18, 2004, 4:18pm

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Tuesday, November 16, 2004, 5:58pm

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Thursday, November 4, 2004, 4:10pm

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Engineers Optimize – Designers Invent

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Thursday, October 28, 2004, 9:00am

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Monday, October 25, 2004, 5:36pm

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Monday, October 25, 2004, 8:26am

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Friday, October 8, 2004, 5:58pm

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Friday, October 8, 2004, 8:30am

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Mr. Martin

• September 29, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Launching Luke’s Lightsaber

• September 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment

There is still room for discovery

• August 29, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Monday, August 30, 2004

• August 23, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Thursday, August 26, 2004, 5:54pm

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Trying Not to Lose My Soul

• August 4, 2009 • Leave a Comment

A spectacular success can sometimes spell disaster

• June 13, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Excessive secrecy can kill a design project

• June 13, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Design does not happen in one step

• June 13, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Success and failure both matter

• June 13, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Guiding Principles of a Good Design

• June 13, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Design Parameters

• June 13, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Design and Technology

• June 12, 2009 • 2 Comments

Design is an exploration of new territory

• June 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

A design can only be as good as its concept

• June 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Faith and Reason in Design

• June 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Design obsolescence creeps up on us slowly

• June 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Never outshine the master

• June 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

In design, there is almost always a reason for the madness

• June 12, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Natural-born designers can learn to design anything

• June 10, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Designers need to watch out for each other

• June 10, 2009 • Leave a Comment

A designer is only as good as the next design

• June 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

A designer is part of a greater community

• June 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Too many chefs can spoil the design stew

• June 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Good designers borrow; great designers steal

• June 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Newer companies often make better homes for designers

• June 9, 2009 • Leave a Comment

The Downfall of Books

• June 8, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Inches and Millimeters in Aerospace Design

• June 8, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Design is story-telling

• June 7, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Design is more than just knowing the rules

• June 7, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Design is mostly myth-making

• June 7, 2009 • Leave a Comment

I really dislike being a wannabe…

• June 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Those who fund a project always have the last word

• June 6, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Design is more than operating design tools

• June 3, 2009 • Leave a Comment

A Baseball Arms Race

• June 1, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Human existence is a combination of accident and design

• May 31, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Design Happens in a World of Ideas

• May 31, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Why I don’t call this site a blog…

• May 31, 2009 • Leave a Comment

 
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