Is California reaching a crisis point?
Hopefully, the Supreme Court will put an end to some of the voting nonsense, but even if it does, the state may ignore it (as it does with DEI). If so, maybe the Justice Department should step in at some point and declare the state in insurrection.
That is, an Older, Wiser Libertarian. As am I.
An interesting video:
Now that Starship Flight 12 is completed, how did the new V3 Booster performance compare to the older Flight 11 V2 Booster and did the redesign, higher TWR and flight path management really make a big difference?
— Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎 (@JoeTegtmeyer) May 28, 2026
I thought we would look at one aspect of the Booster design to… pic.twitter.com/warED6lfmH
Unsurprisingly, the FAA is going to require a mishap investigation before the next flight, but SpaceX is certainly already engaged in it.
I’m sure you’ll be as unsurprised as I am that when it comes to managing upper stages, China is not following them.
[Update a few minutes later]
Maybe we should make a “Hungry Hippo” version of Starship one day to collect and de-orbit spent rocket stages and other space junk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 26, 2026
Is it finally, after over six decades, on the verge of freedom?
I guess that the question is what the basis of its economy will be. It could certainly do pineapples, coffee, and (if we were to end our own domestic restrictions) sugar, rum and cigars. But it could also become another tropical tourism mecca, with all its beaches. But they’d have to figure out how to avoid the tyranny of another Batista.
I hope that he is charged with revealing classified information.
Kelly is turning out to be the worst former astronaut in history, I think. Hard to think of anyone worse. https://t.co/MQMzoTKlDk
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) May 12, 2026
…is staggering:
Just noticed that Community Notes is in this map. pic.twitter.com/ehJwqoaJYQ
— GearHead HP (@grhdhp) November 9, 2025
— Jeff Callahan (@thejeffcallahan) May 11, 2026
It would be almost literally a breath of fresh air if he wins.
A deep dive. It’s much worse even than has been reported.