Notes
On rockets, stations, and what comes next
Short pieces, published as they were written, since July 2025.- Mir launch
- Salyut 7
- Second generation station
- First generation lessons
- Skylab and the Salyuts
- What space stations are for
- Salyut 1, on the shoulders of giants
- The first space station, in under a year and a half
- The economics of a rocket launch
- The docking port
- Fairings
- Lifeboats, part 2
- Lifeboats, part 1
- When will Starship fly with people? Continued
- When will Starship fly with people?
- Transport and destination
- What Starship changes, part 1
- What Starship changes, part 2
- The rocketry revolution, part 2
- The rocketry revolution, part 1
- Space startups in the age of AI