Since it came out, I’ve been saying that the decadal needs to be completely redone, as it assumes business as usual. But there’s a new report out from academics on how to use Starship for Mars exploration, so people are finally starting to get it. Bob Zimmerman summarizes.
A Holiday Warning
Nothing to see here…but remember, the greatest threat is from white supremacists!
[Update a few minutes later]
Prepare for the coming storm. All LEOs should read this. Let’s hope that Kurt Schlichter wasn’t prescient with his novels.
Off The Air
Driving up to the Bay Area for the Foresight Vision Weekend. We’ll be driving back down Monday. I’ll have the laptop with me, but don’t know if I’ll have much time for blogging. So comments are open.
The End Of The Climate Cult?
Let’s hope. The economic damage this nonsense has caused is incalculable.
Welfare Fraud
Yes, Gavin Newsom makes Tim Walz look like a piker.
The Isaacman (Re)Hearing
Unusually, I’ll try to live blog it in the morning. It starts at 1000 EST, and I’ll update here.
[Morning update, just before scheduled start]
Here is the link to the live stream.
[Update a few minutes later]
Hearing has started, with an introduction from Chairman Cruz.
[Update a couple hours later]
NASA Administrator Nominee Jared Isaacman delivers a powerful and urgent opening message at his confirmation hearing:
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 3, 2025
“The last time I sat before you, I introduced myself, my qualifications, and the challenges and opportunities ahead. This time, I'm here with a message of… pic.twitter.com/DRsJFxt9ZY
Here is the second NASA confirmation hearing for Jared Isaacman.
— Robin (@xdNiBoR) December 3, 2025
I have removed questions directed to Steven Haines and long unnecessary pauses, shortening the hearing by about an hour.
Please repost and share 🙏🙏
07:53 – Opening remarks from Jared Isaacman pic.twitter.com/9lLh3zwzIQ
[Thursday-morning update]
Bob Zimmerman says that the hearing, along with NASA, is ultimately irrelevant.
The Hollow Man
Thoughts on crime, happiness, free will, and robots.
Continental Intellectuals
Long, but interesting. Why it is perfectly safe to not take them seriously.
Unfortunately, this BS lies at the foundation of much of academia.
The Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost
The political gloves are off now. The left is being openly accused of promoting, deliberately or through idealistic ignorance, an deal of mass Third World migration into the West in exchange for electoral gain.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 28, 2025
The replacement vote idea has gone from taboo in polite conversation…
Happy Thanksgiving
The turkey is brined and in the oven, the dressing is ready to go in, and friends are coming over. I’m thankful for my health at an age I always figured as a kid would be OLD, friends in the space community, and the fact that things I’ve been hoping for for decades in space may finally be on the verge of happening. I’m also thankful that Jared gets another shot at running NASA. Finally, I’m thankful for my faithful readers, some of whom have become old friends, in both senses of the word, and some of whom we’ve lost over the years, but I always welcome new ones.
I’m less thankful for the Lions, but they’re not completely out of it yet.
Disport yourselves cordially in comments.