Elon Musk

"Elon Musk" is a biography of Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson. Isaacson, a respected biographer of historical figures, had full access to Musk including following him as he worked during a two year period. Isaacson also had access to employees and friends and family members which gave unsparing details into Musk's life and personality. The… Continue reading Elon Musk

More Science Fiction

I have always enjoyed a good science fiction story, but to be good it must have a device to make it plausible. C.S. Lewis wrote a science fiction trilogy with the first book, "Out of the Silent Planet", published in 1938. It employed an anti-gravity coating on a space ship that enabled space travel to… Continue reading More Science Fiction

This is Not Rocket Science

I saw a very serious report on a major network national news segment discussing the plans necessary to inhabit Mars as an alternative to Earth.  Mars is a dry rock, without a breathable atmosphere, and incapable of sustaining any existing life.  Simple common sense shows there is no possibility of making it habitable.  The soil… Continue reading This is Not Rocket Science