Here‘s to stainless steel. Too bad they couldn’t have done a hop for the anniversary tomorrow.
Category Archives: Business
Autism
Genetic factors are the primary ones. Yes, it’s not vaccines.
I also subscribe to the theory that tech hubs have brought people together who might not have met in previous times, and their kids are getting a double dose.
China And NASA
Are they in a race?
Bryan doesn’t mention the (white) elephant in the room: SLS.
The Latest From Elon
Not a lot new here for people who read Vance’s book (or the more recent ones), except he thinks he could put Starship on the moon in two years. From now.
He also describes how he was inspired by Apollo, so that is one good thing that came of it (besides winning a battle in the Cold War).
Recycling Plastics
…is probably bad for the planet.
I still recall the day that I saw a truck come by and threw the contents of both the recycle bin and the trash bin in the same place. But we still separate, for no obvious good reason except, I guess, if not to virtue signal, to at least avoid opprobrium from the neighbors.
NASA’s Next Fifty Years
Thoughts from Bob Zubrin:
If NASA wants to send humans to the Moon or Mars, it should not spend billions on random cost-plus infrastructure projects that supposedly might come in handy if some day there were a program to go. Instead it should just take competitive bids for delivery services. It should incentivize the development of additional systems, including rovers, habitats, life support, power units, space suits and so on, the same way.
It’s pretty clear that, whatever individuals might desire, institutionally, neither NASA or Congress care whether or not they send humans to the moon or Mars, and haven’t since 1972. I do think, though, that despite Bob’s skepticism, the entrepreneurs will get us there.
Transhumanist Parents
…are turning their kids into cyborgs.
This will be a big breakthrough for a lot of people, though (as with all tech advances) it will have its downsides.
Russia’s Federation Spacecraft
Moscow, we have a problem.
One of the issues that the Orbital Space Plane (and now Commercial Crew) had to deal with was avoiding an abort into the North Atlantic.
The Dragon Investigation
This is good news. Hans Koenigsmann just did a press conference with Kathy Lueders in which they announced the root cause of the explosion. Apparently it was a failed check valve prior to the test as they were pressurizing, that resulted in some NTO setting fire to titanium piping, causing an overpressure which then cascaded to mixing of the hypergolics. At least that’s my preliminary understanding. They’re going to go from check valves to burst disks, and the fix doesn’t seem to be on the critical path to getting to a November flight.
[Update a couple minutes later]
[Update a few minutes later]
Here is the full SpaceX statement. And “hyperbolic” typo fixed in initial post.
Austin’s Mayor
…travels to the west coast to learn how to fail bigger.
These Democrat officials are demented.