A non-space publication is noticing the implications of the election for space policy.
[Afternoon update]
Artemis has slipped the schedule again (no surprise), and SLS is looking like it’s in serious trouble.
Moving Space Command to Huntsville in exchange for killing SLS looks like the art of the deal.
[Friday-morning update]
Why Orion’s heat shield offers an opportunity for Isaacman to cancel the entire mess.
[Bumped]
The new world order:
“The American empire may be creaking, and Trump may be extraordinarily unattractive, but an alliance with his new administration is still surely preferable to being dependent on Russian energy, Middle East oil producers, or the cadres in China.”
One would hope.
Yes, Mexico knows exactly what it is doing.
They’re not very expert.
[Afternoon update]
The “EXPERTS”
— Mark Dolan (@mrmarkdolan) December 3, 2024
WRONG on saturated fat 🥓
WRONG on calorie counting🫃
WRONG on grains 🌾
WRONG on salt🧂
WRONG on toxic veg oils 🌽
WRONG on vaccine safety, efficacy & transmission 💉
WRONG on masks 😷
WRONG on lockdowns 🔐
Forgive me for having questions 🙏
…explains to Joe Rogan why he supported Trump.
…and the death of resentments:
RIP "Privilege" and the Death of Resentments
— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) November 27, 2024
This is a good day to tell you that the term “privileged” is over. For about ten years now, this term has been used as a weapon against others. That’s over now. This characterization of someone as “coming from a place of privilege“…
I’m posting this from a Quality Inn in Gallup, NM. We’re on our way to Golden, CO for Thanksgiving. I may post more on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, though, here are some space policy suggestions for the incoming administration from Jeff Greason.
— Jeff Greason (@JeffGreason) November 23, 2024
Yes, it needs to be shaken up (if not simply abolished).
SLS defenders are starting to sound desperate.
Note that there’s very little support in comments.
It’s still a couple months until Trump is inaugurated, but people have lost their fear. Though I suspect that it will take longer to cleanse academia, particularly of the anti-Semitism. But I expect a lot of those who have been the worst on campus may end up being (finally) deported.
[Update a couple minutes later[
The left will not go quietly. No, the fight has just begun, but the people are willing to do it now, and will not be cowed by them any longer.
Bob Zimmerman says that the American populace has awakened against the woke.
And western publics are finally turning on the “green” elites. They’ve figured out that it was never about the environment or the weather.