Humans vs. Robots

Astronaut David S. Scott using the Lunar Rover during the Apollo 15 Mission (Image: NASA) It’s probably not the best of times for human space exploration just at the moment. One sign of this was President Obama’s announced cancellation of the NASA’s Constellation program back in early February. The situation is still up for discussion…

Inspiration

While looking up a few details about the Rosetta flyby, I came across a space poem called Fly-past. My first reaction was to be a bit flippant about the whole idea of space poetry. If an earlier version of this post I brought up the spectre of Douglas Adams’ Vogons. But having given it a…