Six and a Half Years of Curiosity
About six and a half years ago on August 6, 2012, I got up early to watch NASA TV as they broadcast the landing of the Curiosity Rover on Mars. I remember the significant tension of this particular landing because NASA was employing some new technology that had never been used before. They used the…
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Exploring New Frontiers
Have you heard the news? It’s raining on the moon. Man in the T.V. said, It’s raining on the moon. Even the scientists Can’t believe it’s true They’re showing diagrams And little moon cartoons Where we are Is everything we know All we’ve got Is the love we show[1] We live in a time when…
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TESS
If I were to go back to school to take more courses, I think I might take a few courses in orbital mathematics. The number of interesting orbits around masses in space has captured my imagination. Take for example the orbit of the latest NASA orbital space telescope, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). The following…
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Failure is an Option
“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” – Elon Musk I stared at this quote for the last few minutes as the cursor blinked on and off on my laptop screen. I have been wondering if I agree with the entire quote. Does it represent reality? Should…
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