I've come to realize today, on the dawn of our first return to the Moon in over half a century, how wrong I've been about space policy for the past decades. Seeing the majestic Space Launch System with its mighty SRBs sitting on the pad now, poised to once again take men to the…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) April 1, 2026
Category Archives: Economics
Things Are Starting To Happen
— Peter H. Diamandis, MD (@PeterDiamandis) March 31, 2026
The Q4 2025 Rocket Report dropped yesterday and the number that should terrify every government on Earth is not the one going viral.
— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) March 31, 2026
SpaceX launched 1,159 of the 1,404 spacecraft put into orbit worldwide in Q4 2025. That is 83% of all spacecraft launched by every nation and… pic.twitter.com/UXq33nfMIC
Arrogance Unjustified
Commentary on the managerial elite (who hate us), from Stacy McCain.
Libertarianism
How it needs to up its game.
My “Smart” TV
We bought a Vizio a few years ago when the price came down below $1000 for a 65″, for the Superbowl. But I’ve never given it my wifi password; it’s just a monitor fed by my other devices. This is why.
The New Direction In Space Policy
Thoughts from Eric Berger:
It’s interesting to read critiques of the Moon base proposal, which seems like the smart path forward and could fit within NASA’s budget. The gist I’m hearing from critics is that this Isaacman priority is happy talk, will all fade away, and not happen. Then you realize these…
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) March 25, 2026
I wonder if SLS supporters understand the degree to which, if successful, this is the death knell for that program. As well as Orion.
The Program Of Record
…continues to crumble:
In other words, they're no longer pretending that SLS can (or ever could) deliver Orion to the Moon. https://t.co/qhs9iCVcPm
— Rand Simberg (@Simberg_Space) March 19, 2026
Paul Ehrlich
Given a chance, he would have been a greater mass murderer than Mao.
Understanding Space Policy
A long but what looks to be interesting series, by my friend Bhavya Lal. It could eventually be a textbook on the subjectc.
And Now For Something Completely Different
— Unknown 🦛 (@probzunknown) March 13, 2026
I think that things are going to start happening rapidly, to the point that NASA will become almost irrelevant.