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Faith & CultureElon Musk’s Plans for the Moon
by Rod D. MartinAugust 26, 2021 ScienceAlert.com reports this morning that SpaceX Now Claims They...
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Space: The Future is Almost Here
by Rod D. MartinJuly 19, 2020 While we’re thinking deeply about seemingly random things,...
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The New Space Age
by Rod D. MartinJuly 20, 2019 For millennia, man dreamed of sailing among the stars and touching...
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Space News Roundup – December 29, 2018
SpaceX’s Elon Musk: Odds of Starship Reaching Orbit by 2020 are “Rising Rapidly”; plus: NASA Opens the Floodgates for Firms with Planetary Ambitions; Blue Origin Gearing Up for Next New Shepard Test Flight; SpaceX’s Orbit-Ready Crew Dragon Nears First Trip Out to Pad 39A; President Trump Issues Order to Create U.S. Space Command; Why NASA’s Date with a Space Rock Beyond Pluto Matters; and more.
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Space News Roundup – December 15, 2018
Virgin Galactic reaches space; its two pilots earn their astronaut wings (SEE VIDEO); PLUS, Elon Musk beats the world record for rocket launches in 2018; NASA seeks private partners to develop reusable Moon landers; Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space; Juno completes global coverage of Jupiter with its 16th flyby; and more.
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Space News Roundup – December 1, 2018
InSight mission lands safely on Mars after “seven minutes of terror”; PLUS, Branson says Virgin Galactic will take people to space “by Christmas”; BFR becomes “Starship”; NASA considers its own space tourism business; Space Force progress; Nine companies racing to the Moon; and more.
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Space News Roundup – November 18, 2018
SpaceX delivers the first of 12,000 satellites for its global internet service; PLUS: Air Force explores space-based cargo operations; NASA’s no-sonic-boom supersonic X-Plane; Commercial spaceplanes at Cape Canaveral; a new space medicine hub at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville; Airships on Venus; and more.
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Space News Roundup – November 4, 2018
SpaceX to launch first people to Mars “within 6 years”: plus, first Falcon 9 to be reused three times about to launch; Space Force receives key endorsements; U.S. voices alarm over Russian satellite’s “very abnormal behavior”; Goldman Sachs bullish on space development; and much more.
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Space News Roundup – October 22, 2018
How American Space Launch Left Europe in the Dust; PLUS, China to launch an “artificial moon” to light a city; Virgin Galactic flight “weeks away”; NSC takes up the Space Force; Satellite operators preparing for autonomous ocean freighters; and more.
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Space News Roundup – October 6, 2018
A space elevator could become a real thing, a whole lot sooner than anyone thought; PLUS, inside Boeing’s Starliner; Lockheed reveals its huge reusable Moon lander; SLS upgrades; first SpaceX astronauts to fly in June 2019; NASA stands by Musk; bizarre particles discovered that may rewrite modern physics; Voyager 2 about to enter interstellar space; and more!
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Space News Roundup – September 22, 2018
by Jennifer Hurst September 22, 2018 SpaceX Signs First Private Passenger for Lunar Mission on BFR...
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Space News Roundup – September 6, 2018
New space race fuels massive economic comeback on Florida’s Space Coast; PLUS: U.S. Geological Survey believes Main Belt asteroids worth $700 QUINTILLION, plans survey effort; Japanese to conduct Space Elevator experiment; SpaceX announces Mars habitat plans; Space Force update; and more.
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About Rod Martin
Rod D. Martin is a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author and conservative activist from Destin, Florida.
Praise for Rod Martin
Peter ThielPayPal, Founders Fund, Facebook, PalantirRod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin and [former Howard Dean campaign manager] Joe Trippi are America’s two foremost experts on online politics.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.