A Fabulous Five (one rather Earthy)
Five columns from the Washington Examiner, with links to full columns embedded in each headline. Alabama’s Katie Britt will be an upbeat new senator (Sept. 28) NASA may just save […]
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Mars landing is big deal for earthlings
(Feb. 17) The expected Feb. 18 Mars landing of the rover Perseverance is a really big deal. As I wrote last summer, we should all be full of wonder and […]
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New Mars Mission Moves Light-Years Ahead
(July 31) Far too little attention has been afforded the remarkable mission of NASA’s Mars rover, named Perseverance, which successfully was launched July 30 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA’s succession […]
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NASA promised the moon, and delivered — for all of us
(July 11). (A slightly different version of this is running in the Washington Examiner print magazine.) Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, one senses […]
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Fifty years later, watch ‘Apollo 11,’ and marvel
By Quin Hillyer at the Washington Examiner, June 17, 2019. Some time in this next month, dear reader, please, please, please find and watch the documentary film “Apollo 11.” It’s a merely […]
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New year, new horizons
Written for New Year’s Day. … Excerpted from this longer version: As one year ends and another begins, sometimes it’s best to focus neither on the frustrations of the […]
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Stone cold analysis of my NASA piece
My good friend Steve Stone sent this thoughtful reply, below, to my last week’s column on NASA. It’s fascinating stuff, especially about space radiation. — Quin …. In response to your […]
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NASA needs a star
by Quin Hillyer at al.com; As Donald Trump builds his Cabinet, too little public attention has focused on the quasi-Cabinet-level position of Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration […]
