The latest on the fiasco.
What a waste of money both of these programs are, and always have been.
All posts by Rand Simberg
Laser Weapons
How the elusive dream finally became reality.
We can be sure they’ll be used in space, because lasers in general are extremely useful in space.
The Second World Wars
A review of what appears to be a new insightful book.
Yes, the resources poured by Hitler into the V weapons would have been of more use strategically if they’d gone instead into long-range bombers. And clearly, the Final Solution was an overall part of the plan, not just collateral damage from the war.
Reality Versus The Narrative
We still don’t know how this election will end, and won’t until the electors vote. And no, Joe Biden is not “President Elect,” and won’t be until then.
Small Businesses
How big government stacked the deck against them.
It’s all part of the war against the middle class.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sorry, link is fixed.
Magnetic Fields
…created and destroyed from afar.
Federal Drug Enforcement
With the legalization of hard drugs in Oregon, it’s time for some hard choices.
Jordan Peterson
How the Left manufactured a folk devil.
A Petition For Freedom In Space
It appears that Rick Tumlinson has started this.
Yesterday’s Launch
We drove up to Lompoc yesterday to watch not just the launch, but the landing. We had clear skies for both events. When I saw the boosters land from the Falcon Heavy flight in Florida, I didn’t see them until they were almost down, but yesterday, we could see the deorbit burn, and then follow it all the way down to the pad. After entry, it dropped like a rock until it arrived near the pad, then rapidly decelerated and set down. We weren’t as close as we wanted to be, but it was on a hill by Vandenberg Village that gave us an unobstructed view. Despite the distance, the sonic boom of the booster coming in was impressive but, unlike the ones in Florida, where I was much closer and heard a pair of triple booms, I only heard a single one. I suspect the other two were too weak to carry as far.
[Update a while later]
Interestingly, this story doesn’t even mention the landing, even though it was historic. I think it was the first time they’ve landed there in the day time.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Here’s video of the landing.
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