Monday, 14 July 2025

Overlooked: James C. Floyd, 1914-2017

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James C. Floyd (l) in 1996 with Owen Maynard, a fellow engineer who worked at Avro Canada and later at NASA. Chris Gainor photo One of th...
Monday, 7 July 2025

NASA Faces A Bleak Future

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When Donald Trump returned to the White House this past January, there was some hope that he might enhance America’s leading role in space...
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Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Northern Star: A Series That Tells The Story Of Canada In Space

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Over the past two years I’ve been working on a script for a documentary series that will soon be appearing on television in British Columb...
Sunday, 1 June 2025

George Harris Jr., 1929-2025

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George Harris Jr. (r) at the Honeysuckle Creek tracking station in Australia in 1967 with station director Tom Reid. Hamish Lindsay photo v...
Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Book Review: A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

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By Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith Penguin Press, 2023 ISBN: 9781984881724 Pages: 441 Price: $32.00, Hardcover There are man...
Friday, 19 April 2024

The Total Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024

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The author and the eclipse on April 8, 2024 The millions of people who saw a total solar eclipse for the first time on April 8, ...
Friday, 10 November 2023

Asteroid (20041) Gainor

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A representation of the orbit of (20041) Gainor, with its position on November 9, 2023 (NASA JPL) This week the Working Group on Small Bod...