Note: this article originally appeared in Air University’s The Wright Stuff. Space: Think Frontier, Not Commons By Mark Stout Nations would be well served to start thinking of the space domain as more of a frontier and less as a commons. The distinction is important: a frontier is a place that continues beyond the furthest [...]
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Space: Think Frontier, Not Commons
Posted: November 16, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Space Economy, Global Commons, NGOs, Outer Space Treaty, Space Solar Power, Helium-3, Space Mining, Final Frontier
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Got asteroids? Japan brings first asteroid dust back to Earth
Posted: November 16, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Asteroid Dust, Asteroids, Hayabusa, JAXA
Japan brings first asteroid dust back to Earth. This appears to be a reversal of fortune. The WSJ said JAXA recovered roughly 1,500 pieces of the asteroid. 1500 pieces of dust, I guess. Perhaps it depends on what the meaning of “is” is and all that, so let’s just say the pieces are really small and [...]
