An interesting article showing the whole going back to the moon topic from another point of view – not hyped :-).

For the first time since the 1960's, it looks doubtful whether the US space agency is even capable of getting us to the Moon.

The Lunacy of Artemis.

That was an amazing launch of Starship. Now the question what happened with the second stage. Sounds like it gone as well.

I’m a bit bummed out that I won’t be able to watch the SLS launch life on Monday. Due to timezone shift its in the middle of the night for me :-(

Review of Will Save the Galaxy for Food

I just finished reading Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw and EM Gist.📚 In a future where humankind can travel space in seconds, we follow a Star Pilot story hoping to meets ends by chartering short “real” space flights for tourists arriving at the Quantunnel of the Moon city Ritsuko. One day he meets a mysterious woman who hires him for a private tour. Not knowing what he is in for and in desperate need of the paycheck, he takes the gig.

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Review of To Be Taught, If Fortunate: A Novella

I just finished reading To Be Taught, If Fortunate: A Novella by Becky Chambers.📚 This book tells the story of Ariadne and her three fellow travelers. They are astronauts on a mission to multiple Exoplanets. The mission’s goal is to survey four habitable worlds ecologically and without destroying any local ecosystems. Due to the distance to eath - around fourteen light-years, the task takes multiple years. Each month they receive a news package from the Earth, which is already 14 years out of date.

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Review of The Relentless Moon: A Lady Astronaut Novel Book 3

I just finished reading The Relentless Moon: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 This book series is such a page-turner. Starting the book, I was hoping to get more from Elmas POV but reading the title clearly shows that this is not the case. I’m not sure what I was thinking there ;-) In this part, we see what happens on the earth and the moon from Nicole Wargin’s perspective.

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Review of The Fated Sky: Lady Astronaut Novel

I finished reading The Fated Sky: Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 The second issue connects directly after the first book. We now have a station on the moon, and Elma York – the main protagonist – works now as a space bus driver on the moon for half the year. But as this does not make for an exciting book, she soon managed to get onto the first mission to Mars.

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Review of The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel

I just ended reading The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal.📚 I’m not sure anymore where I found this book, but I liked it! It reminded me a lot to the Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. I think mostly due to a similar structure, but this book is undoubtedly less science fiction and more alternate history. Another aspect is for this story is the accessible writing style of the author.

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