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A Letter from Austin #22: Walking Capulin

A Day Trip to the Distant Past

11 min readMay 31, 2022

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A Letter from Austin #22: Walking Capulin

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Bruce McCandless III

Star Bound №26: The Truth is In Here

Reading Adam Frank’s The Little Book of Aliens

8 min readApr 6, 2024

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Star Bound №26: The Truth is In Here

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Bruce McCandless III

Star Bound №25: The Underview Effect

Rocketry, Redemption, and Original Sin

6 min readMar 27, 2024

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Bruce McCandless III

Star Bound №24: Lesser-Known Legends

A Look at Some of the OTHER Rocketry Pioneers

13 min readMar 21, 2024

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Star Bound №24: Lesser-Known Legends

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Bruce McCandless III

Star Bound №23: I Was Wrong About Moon Rocks

Reflecting on Fifty-Plus Years of Lunar Sample Science

9 min readMar 15, 2024

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Star Bound №23: I Was Wrong About Moon Rocks

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Bruce McCandless III

Star Bound №22: A City on Mars?

Kelly and Zach Weinersmith Are Fine Right Here on Earth, Thank You.

4 min readJan 4, 2024

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Star Bound №22: A City on Mars?

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Bruce McCandless III

A Letter from Austin #28: Parceling Out a Paradise

The City of Austin Has Big Plans for Zilker Park

6 min readApr 28, 2023

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A Letter from Austin #28: Parceling Out a Paradise

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Bruce McCandless III

Star Bound №21 The Year in Space 2022: NASA Steals the Spotlight

Global Defense, a Moon Mission, and More

10 min readDec 31, 2022

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Star Bound №21 The Year in Space 2022: NASA Steals the Spotlight

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Star Bound №20: The Future Was Then

Chapter One: The Spacewalk From Hell

13 min readDec 21, 2022

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Star Bound №20: The Future Was Then

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Bruce McCandless III

A Letter from Austin #27: You Get What You Pay For

Ken Paxton Closes in on Another Term as Attorney General of Texas

8 min readOct 26, 2022

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A Letter from Austin #27: You Get What You Pay For

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Bruce McCandless III

Bruce McCandless III

I'm an Austin-based writer trying to figure out space, science, and Texas politics. For more, see: www.brucemccandless.com

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