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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Overlook

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  Way back in the 20th century, the first moon walkers understood that it was best to get up high and survey the terrain for interesting fea...
Monday, September 4, 2023

Red Dwarf Jungle

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  Eric read that six percent of red dwarf stars have an Earth-sized planet in the "habitable zone." This zone is the range of dist...
Sunday, September 3, 2023

Lava Tube

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  Eric loves to explore lava tubes on the moon and Mars. On Mars, lava tubes are a great place to start human settlements. Mars has a thin ...
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Desolation

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  Eric always enjoyed trips to Earth's moon.  Ever since his first visit for Explorer Camp, he always thrilled at the moon's "m...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

"Jupiter Glow"

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  They call it "Jupiter Glow." Jupiter has an enormous, active magnetic field, and a spacewalk outside Jupiter Station sometimes ...
Monday, August 28, 2023

A Bad Day

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  Eric floated outside his spaceship and watched the comet impact exoplanet JAC.229900.98.2. Even though he knew there was only simple bact...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Nitrogen Snow

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  Out in the Oort cloud, the sun is just a bright star, and temperatures slide close to absolute zero. Here on O-753948, Eric's boots cr...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Sparkles, Sparkles Everywhere

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  From Eric's exploration log... "I always enjoy visiting exo-moon GJKF-6840. The sky is alive with stars, giant planets (both wit...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Ejected!

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  From Eric's exploration log... "Moonlet JC3475032 is an asteroid orbiting exoplanet HSC09342. Both are called 'rogue' bod...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Thermal Scan

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  Eric setup his camera and walked toward the asteroid's horizon. But, he left it in thermal scanning mode, making the whole scene look...
Monday, August 14, 2023

Baked and Frozen

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  From Eric's Exploration Log, page 58... "The rocks were ancient, and they had been baked, frozen, and lashed with solar radiation...
Friday, August 11, 2023

Eric the Explorer

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  I am starting a new bit of silliness about the adventures of Eric the Explorer.   Today, he checked out an asteroid that seemed dull and e...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

Mix and Match

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  Ever since I was a little kid in Honduras, I always had a picture in my head of the perfect astronaut spacesuit. It was always new and cle...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Power and Propulsion

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  Each of the dozen Lunar Orbital Gateways has a similar modular design. And the heart of each one is the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Space Art 57: The Hornet Nebula

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  We came out of the wormhole and dropped straight into a churning hornet's nest of gas and dust and scattered suns. Some major gravitat...