The Silicon Graybeard

In the World of the High Tech Redneck, the Graybeard is the old guy who earned his gray by making all the mistakes, and tries to keep the young 'uns from repeating them. Silicon Graybeard is my term for an old hardware engineer; a circuit designer. The focus of this blog is on doing things, from radio to home machine shops and making all kinds of things, along with comments from a retired radio engineer, that run from tech, science or space news to economics; from firearms to world events.

Special Pages

NASA unveils crew and details of the Artemis III Mission

Go ahead and say this sentence - that nobody on Earth could say before

This week: SpaceX's IPO Hits the markets Friday

OK Hams, you've got a week to get ready

NASA's quiet X-59 supersonic jet finally breaks sound barrier

Good night and good-bye, MAVEN

Sooner or later, every company has a moment like Blue Origin's

Blue Origin says they'll be back launching this year

Small Space News Story Roundup 81

Is that Hunga Tonga volcano still affecting the world?

Those Pico Balloons Again

Clearly, New Glenn is NOT launching June 4

Blue Origin's next New Glenn flight is next week

FAA Grounds Starship

NASA proposes a lunar settlement development plan

Memorial Day 2026

Reviews of Flight Test 12 are coming in

Starship Flight Test 12 was better than expected

Reset and try again! SpaceX's flight test 12 scrubbed