For the Human Race
On July 20, 1969, the United States became the first, and to this day, only country to put a man on the moon. This significant achievement gave the U.S. an incredible technological advantage that was widely expected to result in a moon base followed by a manned mission to Mars…
The last earthquake to hit California was in 1994. To say California is overdue for a major shaking is quite the understatement. Apart from the nightmare casualty and death count that a major quake could bring, lies the other awful reality; the worlds 6th largest economy would be figuratively and…
Everywhere you look today there is conflict, non stop conflict in Syria, problems in the Congo, fighting between Europeans over brexit and immigration, the Americans seem to have lost their minds, non stop political arguing and of course there are the usual fights between the Arabs and the Jews, not…
America has a spending problem, the economy is growing but the out of control debt and rising deficits, if left unchecked, will devour and suck America into an economic abyss that will make the Great Depression look like a picnic. Apparently the powers that be, (Congress and the Executive) need…
Last week, yet another mass shooting took place in the United States. This on the heels of a sharply divided Congress passing a trillion dollar debt laden budget and a grueling year of divisive politics amidst endless investigations and finger pointing. It is enough to make any observer wonder if…
Dr Paul Moller has spent 30 years developing the flying car with his company, Moller International. Throughout 3 decades, many fans had hoped to see the culmination of his work, the M400 Skycar, not only fly but actually reach production. Unfortunately, fans of the company have had their hopes pretty…
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that SpaceX had a spectacularly successful, nearly flawless first test of the Falcon Heavy rocket. Unfortunately the center core crashed because there was not enough propellant to enable all of the Merlin engines to power a safe landing. Elon Musk…
SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy from Launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Feb 6. Elon Musk had played down expectations by giving the launch a 50/50 chance of success. Once the Falcon Heavy cleared the tower, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and the rest, as they…
According to a report in The Washington Post, the White House will seek to slash over 70% of the budget for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency programs in the Energy Department, for fiscal year 2019. The last time the White House attempted to cut the budget for those programs, Congress…
Elon Musk is selling a flamethrower to raise funds for his Boring Company. The flamethrowers sell for $500 a piece and so far he has apparently, (according to his Twitter post) sold 10,000 of them. This is a really bad idea,like the old saying warns; its all fun and games…