"The known is finite, the unknown is infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land."

-- Thomas Huxley.

(Photo at Saturnian System courtesy of NASA.)

Space Exploration and Commerce

Articles

Donald F. Robertson

DonaldFR@DonaldFRobertson.com

I am a freelance space industry journalist, trade writer, and technical writer based in San Francisco. The following links will take you to a selection of my work, sorted by general subject. Enjoy!

FEATURED ARTICLES

In mid-2010, I was honored to cover one of the final Space Shuttle launches for Spaceflight Magazine. I wrote a very personal piece on what it was like to experience one of humanity's greatest technological achievements.

The article as I wrote it, Last Chance to View a Space Shuttle Launch.

As it was published in substantially different form, Last Chance to View a Space Shuttle Launch (opens a .pdf file).

Cutout Box on The High Cost of Delay (opens a .pdf file).

Cutout Box on Shuttle Workers Grounded Without Pay (opens a .jpeg image file).

Exploration: returning to Earth's moon and going on to Mars.
Meanwhile, back in Earth orbit.
Space Commerce.
Astronomy and Space Science.
Space Politics.
The Hard Part: getting off the planet.

These documents may be distributed at will, but only if they are not changed in any way, and only if the author's name, the copyright notice, the names of the journals they first appeared in, and a copy of this notice remain attached to each article. In addition, these articles may not be sold for money, or published for sale in any way, without the author's prior written permission.

This page was last updated in December 2010.

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