Lunar scientist Paul Spudis had passed away
R.I.P.: Paul Spudis, lunar scientist and strong advocate for the human exploration of space, passed away yesterday at the age of 66.
Spudis was one of the best lunar scientists we have had. He also saw past petty budget battles and his personal planetary research to recognize the need for human exploration and settlement on the Moon and elsewhere. This is a premature loss for us all.
Leonard David at Space News has written a fine obituary, which gives only a hint at how important Spudis was to the recent resurgence of the U.S. in the exploration of space.
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R.I.P.: Paul Spudis, lunar scientist and strong advocate for the human exploration of space, passed away yesterday at the age of 66.
Spudis was one of the best lunar scientists we have had. He also saw past petty budget battles and his personal planetary research to recognize the need for human exploration and settlement on the Moon and elsewhere. This is a premature loss for us all.
Leonard David at Space News has written a fine obituary, which gives only a hint at how important Spudis was to the recent resurgence of the U.S. in the exploration of space.
Readers!
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. Your support allows me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Only now does it appear that Washington might finally recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
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Damn! He’s not allowed to do that. This guy was pulling the Moon into our society and now it is more distant than ever. What do we do when we run out of men?
Use women?
:)
Pink Floyd –
“Eclipse”
https://youtu.be/jIC5MtVVzos
2:11
I was really impressed by Paul Spudis. There’s much craziness in the space community (I’m a bit eccentric myself, messing with stuff I’m not educated about). But Paul always made sense. How to explore the Moon? Well here’s a good way to do it and there’s little to argue about. A prominent Lunar scientist, involved in several Lunar spacecraft missions, and with a sense for the politics of cis-Lunar space. He was just beginning now as he was reaching retirement age and would’ve had time to spend on his passion and our future. The first Lunar base should be named after him.
@Judy
I already use women :-)
Arrive. Survive. Thrive. Bon voyage, Paul.