March 1st, 2015
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Saturn’s moon Titan may well be a site for life – but “not as we know it” say Cornell University researchers. While liquid water is a requirement for life on Earth, other, much colder worlds, may harbor life beyond the bounds of water-based chemistry. Cornell chemical engineers and astronomers offer a template for life that […]
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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is the new chairman of the Senate Space, Science, and Competitiveness subcommittee. Cruz hosted last week astronauts and space experts to address the committee and discuss the need to renew our space exploration programs. “Space exploration has produced greater knowledge of the universe beyond and greater security of our interests at […]
A new story from me up today on Space.com: NASA Probe Bound for Pluto Carries Piece of Pioneering SpaceShipOne by Leonard David, Space.com’s Space Insider Columnist February 27, 2015 07:00am ET Go to: http://www.space.com/28679-new-horizons-pluto-spaceshipone.html
Here’s a new story of mine up on SPACE.com today: The Father of SETI: Q&A with Astronomer Frank Drake by Leonard David, Space.com’s Space Insider Columnist February 26, 2015 01:50pm ET Go to: http://www.space.com/28665-seti-astronomer-frank-drake-interview.html
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has drilled into a rock target called “Telegraph Peak.” The hole has a diameter slightly smaller than a U.S. dime. This new hole is the third drilling site in outcrop at the base of Mount Sharp – an outcrop the mission has been investigating for five months. By inspecting layers of […]
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, convened a hearing on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The hearing was entitled “U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness.” Former NASA astronauts included Walt Cunningham, Buzz Aldrin, Mike Massimino, and leaders in the commercial space industry testified. The hearing was called […]
A new story from me up on SPACE.com: Moon Space Law: Legal Debate Swirls Around Private Lunar Ventures by Leonard David, Space.com’s Space Insider Columnist February 24, 2015 02:00pm ET Go to: http://www.space.com/28645-moon-space-law-lunar-legal-debate.html
Incredible view here last night in Colorado of a giant fireball that moved slowly taking at least five seconds before it went behind the Continental Divide while still visible at 10:54 PM on Monday, February 23, 2015. Among the observers of this spectacular skyshow, the event was witnessed by Leonard David and Barbara David from their vantage […]
“Houston, we’ve had a problem.” That’s among the hundred-plus NASA audio files from historic spaceflights, current missions and even sounds of the future…sounds that you can easily download to your phone. You can hear the roar of a space shuttle launch, snippets of President Kennedy’s declaration to reach for the Moon, or Neil Armstrong’s “One […]
A lawmaker in the Land of Enchantment is disenchanted with the state’s Spaceport America. For one, the complex would be home for the commercial operations of Virgin Galactic’s suborbital space tourism business. A Senate bill to sell New Mexico’s Spaceport America facility moved on to the Senate Finance (SFC) with a bipartisan no-recommendation last Thursday. After […]
