Space obsession, queen confessions.
There was a time when she and I orbited the same small star. We had been pulled together years earlier—two lonely planets caught in each other’s gravity, spinning close enough that our atmospheres brushed and sparked. For a long while, it felt like home. We shared nights lit by the same constellations, whispered secrets across…
Rockets fascinate us because they make the impossible look routine—blasting massive machines off Earth and into orbit or beyond. But the science behind them boils down to a few key principles that anyone can grasp. Let’s break it down step by step, no PhD required! 1. Newton’s Third Law: Action and Reaction The foundation of…
I’m not going to pretend I’m calm when a Starship integrated flight test is on the schedule. I’m the opposite of calm. I’m the person who sets three alarms, checks the stream an hour early, and still somehow misses the countdown because I’m pacing the room. I’m the one refreshing NSF and SpaceX’s X feed…