Michael Doornbos

I noticed a new Twitter hashtag this morning for the first time: #SaveNASA
I love rallying cries.
I also love the huge list of things that the world benefits from as a result of NASA over the last 50 years.
BUT (come on, you knew there was a BUT in here)
Making lists of things accomplished in the past [...]

Some sites are talking about  a press conference being set up on Thursday to talk about what they are calling “Evidence of Water on the Moon – Lots of It”.
If you’re not a space geek, let me back up a second since NASA isn’t even on most people’s mind these days and fill you in [...]

This afternoon (June 24, 2009) at 2:30pm Eastern Time, the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the United States Senate’s Appropriations Committee will be marking up the FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. For those of you feeling lost by that sentence, the plain English translation is: this afternoon, [...]

I like that they call the first moon missions Moon 1.0.

Bill Stone is my hero.  Really.

I went to my first NASCAR race last weekend. It was cool, but I’m not sure I liked it enough to be an avid fan. It seems like a whole lot of time, money, risk and energy to end up where you started.

I was struck by something while I was there. What [...]

I’m very sad to hear that we lost Arthur C Clarke today.  He was 90.
Thanks for everything Arthur, we miss you already.

Great, another thing to suck away my attention.  But it’s just so cool:
Google Sky

The Google Lunar X PRIZE  seeks to create a global private race to the Moon that excites and involves people around the world and, accelerates space exploration for the benefit of all humanity. The use of space has dramatically enhanced the quality of life and may ultimately lead to solutions to some of the most [...]