Cheap Astronomy

41. The TDRS system - 25 October 2009

You know how you can just go 'Ah Houston...' and ...

You know how you can just go 'Ah Houston...' and there's a team of people with PhDs ready to solve all your problems? This is how that works.

40. Galileoscope - 15 October 2009

Cheap Astronomy checks out the latest contender for the title ...

Cheap Astronomy checks out the latest contender for the title of world's cheapest telescope.

39. The outer limits - 8 October 2009

We're only just starting to learn what's out there near ...

We're only just starting to learn what's out there near the back fence.

38. Kepler's laws of planetary motion - 1 October 2009

Go on, there's only three of them.

37. Old balding astronomers feel good knowing mnemonics - 24 September 2009

Often banal and factually greivous kitsch message.

36. Ed White's glove - 19 September 2009

What goes around comes around, or is it what comes...

What goes around comes around, or is it what comes... Anyway this is all about coming and going - around.

35. The celestial sphere - 17 September 2009

Up above the world so high.

34. Project Constellation 2of2 The manned spacecraft - 10 September 2009

Really hoping some of these things might fly one day.

33. Project Constellation 1of2 The launch systems - 3 September 2009

A peek under the hood of Project Constellation finds a ...

A peek under the hood of Project Constellation finds a mix of do-able and aspirational components.

32. The ups and downs of space advocacy - 27 August 2009

Cheap Astronomy rants about space advocacy and tries to tell ...

Cheap Astronomy rants about space advocacy and tries to tell a joke to an alien.