Escape Velocity

08/08/2016

Caught in the act of a damn fine interview at EV global HQ... my kitchen.

08/03/2016

Big kudos to the team at JPL... this looks awesome & hugely promising.

08/01/2016

...How many rivers we had to cross before we found our way. The Frontier Is (still) Everywhere. http://bit.ly/1dFbhRj

For more Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/thesaganseries Twitter - http://twitter.com/reidgower G+ - http://bit.ly/VpHzQh The Sagan Series is an educationa...

07/13/2016

From the Blog: Part 2 of a series on SpaceX's ambitions, based on our recent visit: http://bit.ly/29SDILS. Onward to & !

This is Part 2 in a multi-part series in which I discuss the activities and importance of the private aerospace company Space Exploration Technologies, commonly known as SpaceX.

07/05/2016

Evan C. on our visit to two weeks ago--we learned some pretty amazing things & saw some huge rockets. Read more here: http://bit.ly/29LQknn

Last week, Escape Velocity co-founder Cory Wilson and I toured SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. In this first entry in a two part series, I will describe what we saw at SpaceX. In part 2, I’ll discuss the meaning of what we saw and how it relates to the future of human spaceflight. Esca...

07/02/2016

Congrats Dawn on a successful mission to & the Belt! Happy https://t.co/xhVI11hFhe

On June 30, just in time for the global celebration known as Asteroid Day, NASA's Dawn spacecraft completes its primary mission.

06/29/2016

Who's going to and why from : http://bit.ly/298tvM7
Seriously awesome article that makes sense of all the current missions & ambitions out there in the world.

The robots currently circling Mars and rolling across its surface are about to get a lot of company.

06/23/2016

Hoping there's another chance to apply to this soon...

http://www.nasa.gov/social/spacex-crs-9-social/

Social media users are invited to apply for credentials to attend the targeted July 16 launch of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon cargo spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

06/17/2016

To the first, or straight on to ? Discuss!! http://bit.ly/1Onv21t

It's not just a way station to Mars; it's a way to build new industries.

06/16/2016

Everybody get excited for the Orbital Insertion on July 4th! Amazing mission--getting closer to Jupiter's cloud cover (3000km) than ever before, exposing it to somewhere around 60 million times more radiation than we experience here on Earth's surface... http://bit.ly/1UB6i25

Secrets lie deep within Jupiter, shrouded in the solar system's strongest magnetic field and most lethal radiation belts. On July 4, 2016, NASA's Juno spacec...

06/11/2016

How to govern a future Mars colony. Any ideas?? http://bit.ly/25Qymtz

The question is not when we will colonize Mars, but how we will govern it when we get there.

06/08/2016

Here's to the multi-planetary trailblazers: Moon Express is close to clinching FAA approval for its private moonshot; the first Google Lunar X Prize competitor to do so. Awesome. https://t.co/C7Ht0jfkRU

Moon Express is awaiting word on application to be the first private company to launch a lunar probe sometime in late 2017.