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Déjà Vu All Over Again
NASA has announced a grand vision for colonizing the moon. Grand visions rarely succeed.
Mar 30
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Congress in Space
NASA sent two members of Congress to space aboard the Space Shuttle in the mid-1980s. Here's why.
Mar 17
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Stephen C. Smith
Lipstick on a Pig
NASA's new Project Artemis launch cadence relies on the Space Launch System suddenly becoming more efficient. Here's why that's unlikely to happen.
Mar 6
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Stephen C. Smith
Judgment Day
The world's richest person, who has long worried about the rise of Skynet, is now building one.
Feb 12
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Stephen C. Smith
The Cold War
Congress mandated in 2010 that NASA use liquid hydrogen as the fuel for its next heavy-lift rocket. Here's why.
Feb 4
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Stephen C. Smith
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What is Project Artemis?
NASA plans to send four astronauts around the moon sometime this spring. The mission traces back to an Obama-era program cancelled by Trump.
Jan 19
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Stephen C. Smith
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Return to Launch: A Preview
Preorder by January 31, 2026 to receive a one-third discount. See below.
Jan 14
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Stephen C. Smith
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Is NASA Obsolete?
Project Apollo's crewed lunar program was a political response to the mistaken perception that Soviet space technology was superior to the United…
Jan 11
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Stephen C. Smith is a space policy commentator. "Return to Launch," his book about Florida space politics and policy, is now available from the University Press of Florida at FloridaPress.org.
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