Where to Park in Space
/How I worked with a team to create the perfect spot for a new station--along with a railroad grade through space.
Read MoreHow I worked with a team to create the perfect spot for a new station--along with a railroad grade through space.
Read MoreThis genius calculated where to park our space vehicles, centuries before we had space vehicles.
Read MoreThe ancients knew that the one leads to the other. Engineers know this. And so does anyone who supports space.
Read MoreSpace is the ultimate high ground. It would be foolish to give it up to nations to may want to do us harm someday.
Read MoreCan Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos pay for everything in space? Not even a fraction of it. One big reason: risk.
Read MoreTwo primary reasons: investment, and risk.
Read MoreA fully funded space program costs a lot. And we have other priorities. So what's the argument for funding space?
Read MoreHaven't we already done the big stuff, like setting foot on the Moon?
Read MoreIt really wasn’t that long ago when the two greatest superpowers were vying to put satellites into space. Now, 50 nations have their own satellites in low Earth orbit. If you’re a Thailand, say, you can call Space Systems/Loral, a Canadian-owned company based in Palo Alto, California, and tell them you want to put a satellite into geostationary orbit for television broadcasting or military communications. You can have the thing in orbit 25,000 miles above Earth within two years.