Last week did not bode well for SpaceX’s first attempt at launching dragon. Aborted launches at 4am are not fun for viewers (I’m on the West Coast) never mind for the engineers that had to build, test and attempt to put the craft into space. However, with a successful launch this past Tuesday, Dragon has now officially docked with the …
Space X Launch to ISS in Just Under One Hour
History is about to be made with the first private launch to the International Space Station. The automated Dragon cargo ship, the product of private space flight company Space X, is due to launch at 4:55 EST. You can watch the launch live at NASA’s public “Ustream” http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv The launch represents NASA’s new strategy to use private space companies such as …
A Different Kind of Frontier (The End of the Race for Space)
Lately, I have given a great deal of thought to my childhood dream of going to space. Reflecting on space has certainly been a central part of Chasing Atlantis, the documentary we shot this past Summer about the final flight of space shuttle Atlantis. The famous lines from the opening of Star Trek described Space as the Final Frontier. It …
Headed to FanExpo Vancouver
Hey Chasers, Quick update. Tomorrow is Vancouver’s first ever FanExpo. Typically FanExpo is centered in Toronto. The convention marks one of my favorite times of the year. As someone keen on community building, it is harder to find a more diverse, welcoming, passionate and engaging community than at the Toronto FanExpo. Having now become a permanent Vancouver resident, I was disappointed I …
“We’ve Chosen to Not Afford It”
A very cool friend of mine, James Joyce (not to be mistaken for James Joyce the Irish Novelist), sent me a link a while back to an article in Discover Magazine that I just resurrected from my Facebook Inbox. James studies astronomy at the University of Toronto and gets access to much cooler equipment than I do *shakes fist. Anyhow, …
I (You) Dream of Space: A New Opportunity for us Both to Get to Space
Hey Chasers, Over the last few weeks I have been promoting my entry in Metro Newspaper’s Race to Space, an online voting competition to send one of Metro’s readers to Space. That competition has now closed and I am ever grateful for your support. We closed yesterday at midnight EST at just under 30,000 votes putting my entry in 13th …
Last Day to Vote in the Race for Space
Hey Chasers, At midnight EST, the Race for Space Closes. Thank you very much for your support and votes! The goal is to hit 30K by the end of the evening. So let’s try to push for it! Here is the link to vote http://metroinspace.com/ca/view/ct94 you can vote 10 times on any internet enabled device. The youtube version of my entry in …
The Race for Space Continues
Hey Chasers, Metro’s Race for Space continues, and with the addition of a celebrity, there is stiffer competition than before. In an effort to inspire some more votes to get into orbit and to give a 3 minute overview of this website, I put together this short spoken word. I had performed it at SFU a few weeks ago and …
Day 9 in the Race for Space
Hey Chasers, Although there has been some site issues with Metro In Space lately, we have managed to crack the 19K mark and move into 12th place overall in the Canadian competition. So awesome. The plan is to try and hit top 10 by the end of the competition, April 5th, and come out over 27,000 votes. Totally achievable. Thank …
Day 7 In the Race for Space
Hey Chasers, Now passing 15K votes in the Race for Space. 2500 more and I move up into 12th place overall in the Canadian competition. I’ve sent out the information about the event to a number of news media outlets now and it has started to get picked up. Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario’s Netnewsledger.com posted an article about the Race for …