During the Cold War, one reason listed for the Fermi Paradox was nuclear annihilation. It stands to reason that in this day of concerns over global climate change, someone would pose it as a solution for the same paradox.

Another possibility is that they fell for the "We have to fix everything on our planet before we move outward" fallacy.

I wish everyone the best of their particular religious festival timed to nearly coincide with the Winter Solstice.

Looks like a website is drawing some traffic by reposting the Earth as Art collection. Whatever draws the clicks!

(I know, it's been while since I posted. I'll use the typical "Really busy" excuse)

Ed Lu has a piece where he solidifies his position as a former astronaut by telling NASA how to improve their launch capability. Basically, he says they need launch much more. I agree completely.