Archive for the 'Essays' Category
• June 27, 2010 •
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Posted in Aerospace, Science
Tags: Antarctica, Bill Gates, Christopher Columbus, Garden of Eden, Gobi Desert, human habitation, International Space Station, New World, space settlement, Spanish crown
• June 26, 2010 •
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Posted in Journal Two, Railroads
Tags: Boston College Green Line, Fordham Road, Greycliff Road, Matt Amorello, Matthew Amorello, MBTA, Mitt Romney, Mount Hood Road, Summit Avenue, trolley stop, William Weld
• June 23, 2010 •
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Posted in Aerospace, Essays, Science
Tags: CME, Coronal Mass Ejection, cosmic rays, Galactic Cosmic Rays, GCR, interplantary, interstellar space, living on mars, mars, Mars propulsion, Mars radiation, space radiation
• June 16, 2010 •
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Posted in Aerospace, Science
Tags: cancellation, Constellation, International Space Station, Lunar Base, mars, moon, NASA, Obama Plan, Skylab, Soyuz, Space Shuttle replacement
• January 10, 2010 •
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Posted in Journal Two, My Favorites
Tags: 90% done, Alisha, design goal, game engine, Garrett, Heisenberg Principal, Helium-3, reliability, Reversing the Order, Thief campaign, watchdog
• January 10, 2010 •
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Posted in Journal Two, My Favorites
Tags: Arizona, Emperor Joseph II, Flagstaff, headphones, human voice, Interstate 17, Mozart, Nissan Altima, noise-canceling headphones, Phoenix, pitched overboard, Prescott, Route 89, snow flurries, The Marriage of Figaro, Too many notes
• December 23, 2009 •
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Posted in Journal Two, My Favorites
Tags: capitalism, Complex ideas, currency of the mind, free-thinking, human thinking, independent thinking, institutional thinking, luck, moral compass, politics, religion, spin-doctoring, thinking and believing
• December 2, 2009 •
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Posted in Journal Two, Railroads
Tags: backwards locomotive, Kodak Commercial Ektar, Leica M4, MBTA, newbie engineer, stopping a train, train brakes, train physics, Zeno’s Paradox
• October 8, 2009 •
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Posted in Baseball, Journal One, My Favorites
Tags: AM radio, Belhorn, Bronson Arroyo, Cabrara, Citco sign, Ersted, Fenway Park, Percival Lowell, Vlad Guerrero
• October 8, 2009 •
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Posted in Journal One, My Favorites, Science
Tags: Amherst College, Clark Refractor, Clyde Tombaugh, Flagstaff, Goivanni Schaparelli, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, KBO, Mariner 4, mars, Mars Hill, Panoptic, Percival Lowell, Planet X, Pluto, Saturn
• September 2, 2009 •
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Posted in Aerospace
Tags: Alan Shepherd, Anders, Apollo 8, Borman, Garden of Eden, International Space Station, ISS, Lightsaber, Lovell, NASA, Soyuz, space shuttle, Spaceship 2
• August 23, 2009 •
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Posted in Journal One, My Favorites
Tags: Broadmoor, Cedar Swamp, Charles River, Concord River, Lowell, Merrimack River, Saxonville, Sudbury River Valley, unconscious mind, Westboro
• June 13, 2009 •
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Posted in Design Theory
Tags: apollo, Apollo 1, Apollo 13, astronaut, Design Theory, failure, Frank Borman, NASA, prototype, space shuttle, spacecraft, success
