Synchronicity, or maybe just the luck of a vague clue about the issues, strikes today. I posted yesterday about a coming budget tension between space (defense, weapons, and exploration) and climate change mitigation. Well, today, Wired is displaying an article headlined: Bush Budget Funds NASA, Cuts EPA, by Luke O’Brien. The […]

There has always been tension between space exploration and everything else. Expect that tension to become visible again soon. The fiscal drain of the Iraq war will be set against two needs with far greater long-term impact on our future than the war.
First, there will be more demand for funding for climate change […]

When the view on Earth is just too depressing, it can be good to leave the planet for while, and contemplate the Universe from space.
Two great recent views are these. First, Earth as seen from Saturn, taken by the Cassini spacecraft and displayed at Astronomy Image of the Day. Click on the thumnail […]