Eric Berger thinks there’s a good chance that they’ll do IFT-5 on Sunday.
I can't speak fully to upper-level wind constraints, but the surface forecast for a Starship launch on Sunday is outstanding: Clear skies, very light winds, and otherwise fair conditions.
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) October 8, 2024
‼️BREAKING‼️ The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favor of Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop
— Alliance Defending Freedom (@ADFLegal) October 8, 2024
Today, the CO Supreme Court dismissed Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Scardina because an attorney harassing Jack did not follow the correct process in suing Jack.
This win ends 12+ years of… pic.twitter.com/QKwwmHlDYV
Is it in a potential death spiral?
‼️ “”The worst crisis in 30 years”: Russia’s coal mining industry begins to collapse”
— Prune60 (@Prune602) October 8, 2024
There are several things I want to point out about this situation https://t.co/nNxdZyiYOf pic.twitter.com/twFB9QADKy
A round up of commentary.
[Update a while later]
It is past time to name the enemy.
[Afternoon update]
BP has given up on it.
The man who thought he was science.
I wonder if he will ever be held accountable.
.@elonmusk | The True Test of Someone's Character is How They Behave Under Fire
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) October 6, 2024
Elon's FULL Speech at Trump Rally in Butler, PA pic.twitter.com/Yw9KfQFOyi
He’s lost most of his South Africa accent.
Indeed. This is part of what is meant by the saying that “good times create soft men, and soft men create hard times.”
…takes the gloves off. As they should, and keep them off a year into this war. But vile people will be celebrating the anniversary tomorrow on campuses.
[Update a while later]
Karol Markovicz: “I have spent the past year angry at Jews.”
A professor says to stop doing it, because it’s “imperialist.”
I do sort of agree with this, though: “Mandel said the space industry is ‘highly bureaucratic, highly politicized, and highly technical,’ and the more she learned the more she began to question the utility of continued manned space operations.”
She’s not wrong about that; I question its utility, the way NASA continues to go about it. It certainly doesn’t seem worth the money to me. But that’s a separate issue from SpaceX’s methods and goals which, unlike the government human-spaceflight program, which is run primarily as a jobs program, are focused on actually moving humanity into space in a serious way. But she seems to be damning all of human spaceflight with the bad example set by NASA. And I’m sure that she thinks that Elon is even more “imperialist” than NASA.
[Late-morning update]
Don’t be a puddlefish:
The first entity to establish a Mars colony will be the universe's first trillionaire.
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) October 2, 2024
Lately, we've had a lot of puddlefish whining about how "we" shouldn't go to Mars.
Some of them actually think they get a vote, based on economic illiteracy and the delusion that SpaceX is… https://t.co/7dCy04qecV