Mugabe has a novel solution to Zimbabwe’s 600+% inflation–he’s going to print more money.
All posts by Rand Simberg
Hug An Engineer
It’s that week (that few pay attention to) to celebrate the people who do much more to improve our lives than most people realize.
Step Right Up
Thomas James has another Carnival of the Space Moonbats.
[Update in the afternoon]
Oh, this is too weird. One of the people that Thomas links to is Elaine Supkis, but in a posting at his blog she calls herself Elaine Meinel (her maiden name, apparently). As an old L-5er, this made my antenna go up.
A little googling reveals something that I didn’t know (assuming it’s true). She’s Carolyn Meinel‘s sister. I didn’t know Carolyn had a sister. I also didn’t know that Aden worked with the CIA.
Not The Headline I Would Have Chosen
“Man Shot By Cheney Leaving Hospital”
Guess he was just finishing the job.
[Update a few minutes later]
Jane Bernstein points out that they’ve already fixed it.
But this time, I kept a screenshot of the original (though it lost a little quality in the conversion to jpeg to put on my server–I still have the full bitmap).
And They’re Off
Unlike the Chinese versus NASA, this is a space race worth taking seriously:
I do wonder if Virgin Galactic/Spaceship Company will accelerate their vehicle development in response to this project if it looks probable that the Explorer vehicles will start flying next year. I think suborbital space tourism business will grow robustly beyond just those who want to claim that they were the “pioneers” in public space travel. In fact, more people will want to go once there have been lots of flights since this will help to demonstrate safe and reliable operation.
And They’re Off
Unlike the Chinese versus NASA, this is a space race worth taking seriously:
I do wonder if Virgin Galactic/Spaceship Company will accelerate their vehicle development in response to this project if it looks probable that the Explorer vehicles will start flying next year. I think suborbital space tourism business will grow robustly beyond just those who want to claim that they were the “pioneers” in public space travel. In fact, more people will want to go once there have been lots of flights since this will help to demonstrate safe and reliable operation.
And They’re Off
Unlike the Chinese versus NASA, this is a space race worth taking seriously:
I do wonder if Virgin Galactic/Spaceship Company will accelerate their vehicle development in response to this project if it looks probable that the Explorer vehicles will start flying next year. I think suborbital space tourism business will grow robustly beyond just those who want to claim that they were the “pioneers” in public space travel. In fact, more people will want to go once there have been lots of flights since this will help to demonstrate safe and reliable operation.
Prisoner Abuse Photos From Iraq
Here are some pictures that the MSM doesn’t want you to see.
Cognitive Dissonance
This article is a few weeks old, but I missed it at the time–Max Borders writes about the Intelligent Design theories of the left.
The Fool’s Golden State
Gerard Vanderleun writes about the decline of Florida, both the Keys and the mainland. It’s funny, as someone who is currently living here, and has never particularly liked the place, he makes it sound much worse than the reality seems to me. But then, he’s writing as someone who apparently did love it once upon a time, which I never have. I haven’t been diving down in the Keys yet (though we still plan to), but he certainly makes it sound uninviting, and I hadn’t realized that the deer were in such deep trouble.