Monday, April 27, 2026
American Exceptionalism
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Yet Again!
You wake up, put the kettle on, feed the dog, and make yourself a refreshing cup of hot tea. Enjoy that tea on the stoop of your back deck as glowing Cardinals have at the feeders, all good. Then switch on the Information Super Highway and discover some crazed Californian Democrat tried to shoot the President last night at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
You can read the wannabe killer's manifesto online if you like, or not. And I won't comment but will say this, TDS LLC isn't sending their best, clearly. That in mind, sharp-eyed readers will note Cole Allen isn't just from California but also interned for NASA in 2014, the same NASA whose scientists disappear or get suicided on a surprisingly regular basis. What's the current body count, eleven? More on that later and don't say time travel.
In happier news, you'll be glad to know there was a baptism at Mission #2 this morning. What a joyous event, a young man giving himself to Christ, the Good Shepherd and Bishop of our souls.
God Bless,
LSP
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Build Back Nuclear Better On The Moon
Here's the thing, energy's really important to us but do we have enough for an ever expanding economy? Good question. No, we do not. Finite resource meets infinite demand, problem. Solution? Build nuclear power plants ON THE MOON.
Yep, that's what we're talkin' about. Get that fission off planet and beam it back to earth, and we'd better get there before Russia or China win the regolith award. Here's CNBC:
The U.S. should deploy a small nuclear power plant to the surface of the moon before China and Russia are able to do so, the interim head of NASA has told the space agency’s staff.
NASA should be ready to launch a reactor to the lunar surface by the first quarter of fiscal year 2030, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is serving as the space agency’s acting administrator, said in a directive to NASA dated July 31. This would work out to late 2029.
China and Russia are aiming to deploy a reactor to the moon by the mid-2030s to power a joint base, officials in Moscow and Beijing have said. The first country to deploy a reactor on the moon “could potentially declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States from establishing a planned Artemis presence if not there first,” Duffy warned NASA. The Artemis mission is NASA’s lunar exploration program, which was first announced in 2017.
NASA should issue a request for proposals to industry within 60 days, according to Duffy’s directive. The reactor should be able to generate 100 kilowatts of electricity at a minimum, according to the directive. It would be transported aboard a heavy class lander with a payload of 15 metric tons.
A reactor without a 100-kilowatt output could power about 80 U.S. homes. By contrast, the average nuclear reactor in the U.S. fleet can power more than 700,000 homes.
The NASA program, called Fission Surface Power, will rely on microreactor technology, according to Duffy’s directive. But no microreactor has been licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, let alone built in the U.S. President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders in May that aim to expedite the commercialization of small nuclear reactors.
Duffy’s ambitious directive comes as the Trump administration has proposed steep cuts to NASA’s budget. The space agency also remains without a Senate-confirmed leader. Trump named Duffy as acting administrator after pulling his original nominee in May amid a feud with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
Politico first reported Duffy’s plans to launch a nuclear reactor to the moon.
Hey, why not? Imagine a Fukishima disaster in CONUS or France or Russia, awful. But what happens if all that nuke power is ON THE MOON. Safe, right? How we get the power back to Terra is another matter again, space elevators, massive nano wires, Graphene Oxide, MRNA shots? But whatever, off shore power to Luna and we'll all be rich and the environment saved.
Do you think, dear friends, that lunar power will be free?
Ad Astra,
LSP
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Man On The Moon
53 years ago yesterday, Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon. "One small step for man, one giant step for mankind." I remember the day. Morning in Milwaukee at the Campus Rectory, my dad was a UWM chaplain, and my parents called me in, "Look at this, son!" And I did, a flickering black and white image of a man on the Moon, history in the making. Quite a thing.
Of course Neil Armstrong wouldn't be able to say "man" and "mankind" today because patriarchal oppression. By the same token, we haven't really been back to the Moon and no wonder, we've devolved to such an extent that we're unable to define "man" and "woman." Is that a first? Perhaps.
Speaking of which, world leaders are Bastille Day laughing at us. Wonder why. At some point, maybe soon, narrative will flounder on the rocky shore of reality.
Watch my tracer,
LSP
Saturday, April 17, 2021
NASA Picks Space X For Moon Shot
Musk celebrated the deal by posting a photo of a Space X rocket on the Moon. Zoom in on the astronauts at the bottom of the image and look at their furry faces. Space Shibes?
The Peoples Currency is bizarrely hodling its own, I was ready for a plummet, at around .26 following a retracement from an all time high of over .40. Not bad, given this week's crypto exuberance and subsequent correction. But who knows how this Wild West Moonshot plays out. Stay tuned.
Ad Lunam,
LSP



















