"Spacish, Spacian or Spacese"

Agreeing on a common language

allowing individuals to communicate efficiently

with their fellow human beings 

in the alien territories of outer space

remains one of the great hurdles to cross 

for future astro- and cosmonauts.

Link to: Elizabeth Howell's related article in SPACE.COM

Let us grow lettuce and cabbage in space

It's not that easy being green 

in a space traveller's canteen.

Link to: "Gardening in Space - a Challenge for NASA"

NASA's inscrutable ways: discard to replace?

Why has NASA's Lunar Resource Prospector fallen from grace?
Loren Grush, writing for The Verge, is trying to find an answer.

Link to: "NASA scraps a lunar surface mission — just as it’s supposed to focus on a Moon return"

Rick Tumlinson now "chairman emeritus" of DSI

Although Rick Tumlinson, co-founder of Deep Space Industries, is moving on,

this does not mean he is turning his back on the space resources company

that he helped to found in 2012.

Link to: "Stepping Away - Stepping Up"

Easter 2018: Tiangong-1 (Heavenly Palace-1)

"Like the phoenix that rises from its ashes"

Link to: "Backgrounder:Tiangong-1, pioneer of China' s space station"

Link to: "Tianhe-1, the core module of China’s space station unveiled"




Link to: "ESA reentry expertise"

Falcon Heavy and a dummy named "Starman"

Ian Whittaker, writing for The Conversation,

has clearly been impressed by Elon Musk's latest achievement,

but he has not let himself be carried away

by the dummy in the cherry-red roadster

looking for alien hitchhikers in the galaxy.

Link to: "Falcon Heavy: SpaceX stages an amazing launch – but what about the environmental impact?"

Link to: February 7th article by Tarik Malik in "Space.com"

Link to: "Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities"

GovSat-1

Since yesterday GovSat-1 has been up in the sky,

and in a good two weeks' time

of "orbit-raising procedures and in-orbit tests"

it should be ready to become operational

at 36,000 kilometres above the equator

and remain so for the next 15 years.

Link to:"Orbital ATK-Built GovSat-1 Multi-Mission Satellite Successfully Launched"

Link to: "GovSat-1 Successfully Launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket "