Winds of Change has a Memorial Day roundup.
All posts by Rand Simberg
It’s Not Just Boeing
…that seems to be having problems with dodgy procurement practices. OSC may be in trouble as well.
Orbital said an investigation led by the U.S. attorney’s office in Phoenix appears to be focusing on “contracting procedures” related to “certain U.S. government launch vehicle programs.”
It’s Not Just Boeing
…that seems to be having problems with dodgy procurement practices. OSC may be in trouble as well.
Orbital said an investigation led by the U.S. attorney’s office in Phoenix appears to be focusing on “contracting procedures” related to “certain U.S. government launch vehicle programs.”
It’s Not Just Boeing
…that seems to be having problems with dodgy procurement practices. OSC may be in trouble as well.
Orbital said an investigation led by the U.S. attorney’s office in Phoenix appears to be focusing on “contracting procedures” related to “certain U.S. government launch vehicle programs.”
We Many, We Happy Many…
…we band of brothers.
Apparently, there were more Englishman, and fewer French, at Agincourt than mythology about it would have us believe:
Resurrection
There are people building and flying new Messerschmitt ME-262s. Looks like it would be a fun little airplane, albeit a little pricy to operate.
Mazel Tov
Herman Wouk is ninety years old today.
Another Lost Soldier
To quote someone else, heh.
Seriously, though, it is kind of amazing that there are still Japanese soldiers coming home from WW II after all these years. It was always a big story back in the sixties whenever one of these guys was found hiding out on some remote island (there was even a Gilligan’s Island episode based on one–see number fifteen in the link), and that was only twenty years after the war. Now it’s sixty.
Still Stuck On Science
Here’s a pretty good take on NASA’s current situation by the Economist.
My main complaint comes toward the end, when it seems to lament that this isn’t about science. Who says it should be?
Nanny State?
KLo is upset by this apparent meddling by the New York City Council in the number of male/female restrooms required in public facilities.
I fail to see the cause for umbrage. Given that there are going to be ordinances specifying that there be restrooms at all (and there are much more serious depredations on liberty than such ordinances to be concerned with), why not respond to clear demand, and establish a sufficient number of each type? It’s blindingly obvious that (mostly male) architects seem clueless as to the disparity between male/female toiletry issues. When there are consistently long lines for something, it’s an indication of a shortage of supply, and one to which the market seems impervious, given the captive-audience nature of the situation in, say, a sports stadium. I remember when the Getty first opened, it had a serious shortage of bathrooms for both sexes, and as an engineer was appalled at Meier’s apparent lack of common sense, focusing instead on pure aesthetics. It would be nice if the designers would get a clue, but given that they continue not to, I’ve got a lot bigger things to worry about than this.