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Author Archives: Donald F. Robertson

Donald F. Robertson is a retired space industry journalist and technical writer based in San Francisco.

Posted inOpinion

SLS in transition: from Biden to Trump

by Donald F. Robertson January 23, 2025January 22, 2025

Ending the Space Launch System’s decades-long drain on the United States’ limited spaceflight budget should be a high priority during the transition from President Joe Biden to President-elect Donald Trump. Unfortunately, […]

Elon Musk at a 2022 event in Brazil centered around connectivity in the Amazon region. Credit: Brazilian Ministry of Communications, CC BY 2.0
Posted inOpinion

A new kind of space politics

by Donald F. Robertson July 29, 2024July 30, 2024
Posted inOpinion

What future for the Space Launch System?

by Donald F. Robertson February 1, 2023February 2, 2023
Posted inCivil

Op-ed | Can we backhaul our way to space?

by Donald F. Robertson September 25, 2021January 23, 2023
Posted inCivil

Op-ed | Why tapping the solar system’s far-flung resources would be better than building new ICBMs

by Donald F. Robertson January 7, 2020January 23, 2023
Toppleillo SLS A House Divided
Posted inLaunch

Op-Ed | A house divided, or in this case, a rocket

by Donald F. Robertson November 30, 2017January 23, 2023
Mars
Posted inCommercial

Paying for the Road to Mars

by Donald F. Robertson June 30, 2016January 23, 2023
Posted inOpinion

Letter | Safety Can’t Come First if We Want To Put Humans on Mars

by Donald F. Robertson and Brian Berger September 9, 2015January 23, 2023
Posted inOpinion

Op-ed | A Not-so-final Servicing Mission

by Donald F. Robertson April 21, 2015January 23, 2023
Posted inOpinion

Op-ed | To Beat SpaceX at ‘Simon Says,’ Europe Must Change

by Donald F. Robertson March 3, 2015January 23, 2023

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