Probably not news to my readers, but here’s a Reason interview with Nina Teicholz on how government recommendations have made America fat.
The Clinton (Crime) Family Foundation
Time to declare it the biggest charity fraud ever.
Boeing Plans
Alan Boyle reports on a speech from the CEO. And no, CST will not be the first private space vehicle to go to LEO.
NASA’s Aging Work Force
I talked to Haley Byrd about this yesterday, and she quoted me.
“He Wants To Go To Mars, Dammit”
Eric Berger has a longish piece on the debut of Block 5 Falcon 9, and its implications.
A Space Nuclear Reactor
…has passed its initial tests. This is one of the most useful things I’ve seen to come out of NASA in a while. Just think what we could be doing if we were doing more of this kind of thing, instead of building a giant rocket and capsule.
The Internet’s Creators
Their regrets on how they wrecked it.
And thoughts from James Lileks.
I am often snarky on Twitter, but I don’t have any trouble not being profane or cruel.
Joy Reid
Eric Wemple is uncharacteristically (but appropriately) vicious to his fellow journalists.
The Falcon Heavy
Boeing says it’s “too small.”
130-ton (tonne?) payload for SLS is the 65,000 pounds of the Shuttle, in that it will never happen.https://t.co/DdKWcbVD9U
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) May 1, 2018
Happy May Day
…better known as victims of communism day. And it’s a tragic condemnation of our “educational” system that young people (and too many old people) don’t understand how horrific this philosophy is.
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[Late-afternoon update]
Sarah Hoyt (who would know): A remembrance of May Days past.
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