This blog straddles two names and domains: Common Themes (themes.common-space.net; July 2006 – October 2009) and Silver Rockets (silver-rockets.com; October 2009 to present).

In 2009, after much contemplation of a gradual shift in focus, and the subjects frequently revisited, the site was rebranded to better embrace the fantastic aspects of spaceflight, as well as the realities.

Silver Rockets is summed up as follows:

Celebrating the awe and inspiration surrounding space exploration, human spaceflight and the great beyond. Science and art, fiction and non-fiction, poetry and latest news — welcoming both the dreams and realities of space. Come one, come all!

Danielle Signor is your hostess, and is very starry-eyed indeed. Find her at Hoshichan.com.

Disclosure Policy

The FTC seems to think that, by virtue of being a blogger, I’m sneakily sneaking ads and profits onto every post I write, and rolling in millions of revenue dollars that I haven’t rightfully earned. I feel deprived by the FTC, and hope they will send me these ill-gotten millions so I can roll in them post-haste.

The truth is, I make nearly NOTHING off this blog — but to be a nice, compliant individual, I need to tell you that I am an Amazon affiliate and earn a miniscule percentage of any purchase you make through that link. This is a great way to support Silver Rockets; please make any expensive Amazon purchases you may have planned by clicking this link. In fact, hey, just make any purchases through that link that you like. Eventually I’ll hit the $10 cashout! Woohoo!

I am also required to tell you that I once received a review copy of a book for free, and reviewed it. I didn’t like it, and I said so. If you want to send me free stuff to review, I can’t guarantee I’ll give you a good review — it sorta depends on whether I like the thing or not!

Mostly, the products I review I’ve only seen online — if I own them I’ll say so. If I’m given one for purposes of review, or I’m benefiting in some way by posting, I’ll tell you that too. Anything I feature here is featured because I like it, or I want it, or I purchased it recently, or it’s awesome and I wish I could have it, but it’s impossible. I’d never feature something, either here or on Twitter, that I don’t actually like.

In closing, I post things here because I like them, not because I’m paid to do so.