We are living in the Golden Age of space exploration. It should be said that there are also many distressing and tragic situations happening in our world today. But children don’t need to know about these things. In fact, they should not be exposed to these things. Fortunately, on the other hand, there are awesome […]
Coming up soon – on the weekend of October 7 & 8, 2023, the annual NASA International Space Apps Challenge is happening again. Know what a hackathon is? If so, this is one focused on 30 goals, or projects, or “challenges” defined by NASA. Don’t know what a hackathon is but are eager to learn […]
Introduction from Brett: Here is yet another inspirational example that proves you never know where great people – and great ideas – will come from. In July 2022, I was introduced to Ingrid Rosten in Rancho Cordova, a suburb of Sacramento, California. Ingrid works with entrepreneurs in developing countries to help them launch and grow […]
This month, we took a family vacation to Orlando, Florida. It was a great time, despite the brutal heat and humidity. I’m not used to that! Now I live somewhere with dry heat when it’s hot. Anyway, we planned for a full day at NASA Kennedy Space Center. It is roughly an 80-minute drive away […]
If you are a Kickstarter backer for GOODNIGHT MOON BASE, this is a major announcement to share. I recently received the word from John “JP” Powell at JP Aerospace that the weather conditions in the stratosphere have *finally* improved in the western USA. We have been waiting more than six months for this situation to happen. Mission […]
New Children’s Book With A Clever Twist on a Famous Classic Brings Children to a Moon Base for Bedtime
OVERVIEW On September 2, 2021, the first rocket from the space exploration startup company Firefly Aerospace made its first attempt at launch. It was the boldest first rocket launch attempt ever in the history of humankind: to go directly into orbit on the very first try with the first rocket engineered and produced by a […]
Thanks to a new renaissance of space flight, several companies and nations are working toward the return of people to our Moon. This time, we will be there TO STAY. The day (and night) when we can look up to our Moon and say “there are people living up there” will be here soon.Our children and […]
On Saturday, February 6th, 2021, I’m happy and grateful to be the guest speaker for the monthly meeting of the North Houston Space Society. If you want to learn how books aimed specifically at children can help us achieve a better future with space exploration, I hope you’ll join us. Go to the space society’s […]
Exploring in simulated lunar caves. Launching high altitude balloons. Programming robots and autonomous vehicles. Designing and producing objects with 3-D printers. This is how advancing careers in space is done with the WEX Foundation, an educational nonprofit based in San Antonio, Texas, that happens to be founded by a sought-after space architect, Sam Ximenes. The […]
