The Next 'Space President'…Will it be Caroline?
21stCenturyWaves.com exists to test the idea that long waves in the economy have enabled Great Explorations (GEs) and Macro-Engineering Projects (MEPs) over the last 200 years, and that this model...
View Article10 Lessons Dr. Livingstone ("…I presume?") Teaches Us About the Human Future...
The inspirational mid-19th Century Great Exploration of Dr. David Livingstone opened central Africa to the world and has surprising parallels with the 1960s Apollo Moon program, as well as many lessons...
View ArticleObama’s New Space Policy and the Spirit of Apollo
The response to Obama’s new space policy from the Apollo program folks and the Texas Congressional delegation has been quite negative; e.g., from Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11), James Lovell (Apollo 13),...
View ArticleBruce’s Commentary is in Space News this Week
My Commentary, “Phobos, Key to the Cosmos? Just Ask Russia, China” appears in Space News this week (9/6/10). (See also The Articles.) This piece follows-up on my decade space forecast of 6 months ago....
View ArticleState of the Wave: Obama on Space — The New Eisenhower or JFK?
In his extremely widely-read blog, Stanford’s Daniel Pipes, head of the Middle East Forum, scoffs at NASA Administrator Bolden’s recent assertion that NASA is pursuing “a new beginning of the...
View ArticleOver the Moondust and Through the Rille is NOT the Way to Phobos
I highly recommend Buzz Aldrin’s recent, compelling book Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon (2009). After describing their monumental Moon landing in 1969, Buzz highlights the...
View ArticleState of the Wave: The Maslow Window — A Brief Intro
This is a brief introduction to the Maslow Window model that forecasts another transformative, 1960s-style “golden age” to begin by 2015. (Just click on the titles below.) Keep in mind that on the...
View ArticleHappy New Year and The Top 10 for 2011
Happy New Year! PLEASE NOTE: This year’s “State of the Wave: 10 Space Trends for 2012″ will be appearing very soon! (See #9 below for 2011 trends.) Also, be sure to catch Bruce on The Space Show on...
View ArticleReaders’ Favorite Posts — January, 2012
SPECIAL NOTE: Be sure to look for my new article in Ad Astra this month: “A New Apollo-Level Space Age.” This is an updated end-of-January list of our readers’ favorite posts, based on the number of...
View ArticleReaders’ Favorite Posts — February, 2012
SPECIAL NOTE: Be sure to look for my new article in Ad Astra (Spring, 2012): “A New Apollo-Level Space Age.” This is an updated end-of-February list of our readers’ favorite posts, based on the number...
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