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Dec 5, 20203 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of November 29, 2020 What should we do with NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS)

This week I thought I would cover the history and probable future of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) often referred to as the Senate...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of November 22, 2020

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Nov 29, 20205 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of November 22, 2020

Can Space Solar Power solve Global Warming? Once again, I’m going to revisit the Global Warming problem. If you look at issues currently...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of November 15, 2020

How Mining the Moon can solve Global Warming

andrewsdg3

Nov 22, 20207 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of November 15, 2020 How Mining the Moon can solve Global Warming

I hope many of you have read my Climate Change parts 1, 2 & 3 Blogs. This week I’m going to revisit and update those blogs with an...

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andrewsdg3

Nov 14, 20203 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of November 8, 2020

Rocket Scientist’s view of COVID-19 Crisis I, like many of you, have been shut up at home for seven months because I’m in the endangered...

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andrewsdg3

Nov 5, 20203 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of November 1, 2020

Observations from the 2020 Election I, like most of you, stayed up to watch the election results on the evening of November 3rd. I’m...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of October 25, 2020

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Nov 1, 20208 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of October 25, 2020

Best Transportation System for Lunar Development In my last note I did an in-depth analysis of the Space-X Starship and what it offers...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of October 18, 2020

andrewsdg3

Oct 25, 20205 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of October 18, 2020

Space-X Starship by the Numbers In my last note I summarized what I learned at the Mars society Convention a week ago. My analysis of the...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of October 11, 2020

andrewsdg3

Oct 18, 20204 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of October 11, 2020

I “attended” the Mars Society Virtual Convention this week. It was largely educational and interesting so I thought I would translate...

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Oct 10, 20203 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of October 4, 2020

My game-plan to end Income Inequality There are two factors driving income inequality. First and foremost is the government’s “good old...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of September 27, 2020
California passes law to outlaw sale of fossil-fuele

andrewsdg3

Oct 4, 20202 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of September 27, 2020 California passes law to outlaw sale of fossil-fuele

I have seen some pretty stupid laws passed in my day but California’s decision to ban sales of new fossil-fueled vehicles starting in...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of September 20, 2020

andrewsdg3

Sep 26, 20208 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of September 20, 2020

What is the best way to access Low Earth Orbit (LEO)? I have been reading various technical papers again this week and some are...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of September 13, 2020

andrewsdg3

Sep 19, 20205 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of September 13, 2020

Do we have a 50-year window to establish a space faring civilization? I read an AIAA paper this week supporting the thesis that mankind...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of September 6, 2020

andrewsdg3

Sep 12, 20204 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of September 6, 2020

Interesting Exploration Opportunities - Titan I attended a webinar last week for NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. It is a...

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andrewsdg3

Sep 5, 20204 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of August 30, 2020

Comparison of Moon versus Mars Development Programs If there was ever an in-house space argument its, should we go back to the moon or...

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Rocketdoc Notes – Week of August 23, 2020

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Aug 29, 20203 min read

Rocketdoc Notes – Week of August 23, 2020

Schedule for the Development of Space I’ll give you a rest from the Drake equation this week and talk about something near and dear to my...

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andrewsdg3

Aug 22, 20204 min read

Rocketdoc Notes Week of August 16, 2020

Where is Everybody? There were errors in the original posting and and I got back some good comments, so I revised a few numbers (doesn't...

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andrewsdg3

Aug 15, 20205 min read

RocketDoc Notes - Week of August 9, 2020

Where is Everybody? Humans have been asking the question “Are we alone universe?” probably as far back as we had languages. We still...

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RocketDoc Notes - Week of August 2nd, 2020

andrewsdg3

Aug 8, 20206 min read

RocketDoc Notes - Week of August 2nd, 2020

Solving Global Warming This is essentially an update to my previous Blogs “Climate Change Parts 1, 2, & 3.” Part 1 explained historical...

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Dana G Andrews

Jul 31, 20205 min read

RocketDoc Notes - Week of July 26, 2020

Finding Life on Mars Efforts – Part 3 All of the three Mars Explorer missions for 2021 have now been launched. The last spacecraft was...

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andrewsdg3

Jul 24, 20203 min read

RocketDoc Notes - Week of July 19th

Finding Life on Mars Efforts – Part 2 Two of the three Mars Explorer missions have now been launched. The first was the United Arab...

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