Thoughts on Musk and Bezos from Peter Diamandis.
More thoughts, on science fiction versus science fact, from The Economist‘s Oliver Morton.
Category Archives: Business
Canadian Universities
Ottawa is imposing “social justice” on all of them.
News You Can Use
How to read a legal opinion. Should be must reading not just for lawyers, or journalists, but high-school students.
WordPress Issue
The latest upgrade has resulted in an editing function that displays post titles in all caps, regardless of the case I typed (the do appear upper/lower on the blog itself). It’s extremely annoying, because I don’t know if I typed it correctly, and can’t tell until I preview or publish. I have no idea why they did this. I may look into the code to see if I can fix it, but I shouldn’t have to.
[Update Tuesday morning]
Doesn’t seem to be a browser issue. Seeing the same behavior in Chrome and Vivaldi.
[Wednesday update]
Great, now blockquotes aren’t displaying properly.
Building Starships
SpaceX is having an internal competition.
Accelerating The U.S. Space Program
Blog Issue
Sorry about that. I’d activated a plugin that apparently didn’t play nice, then had to run out for meetings. Things should be back to normal now.
[Late-Evening update]
I understand that some people are having trouble posting comments. I can’t deal with that until tomorrow morning (Pacific time).
How to get Back To The Moon By 2024
Make it a one-way trip.
So, how much does that change requirements? It means no need for ascent on the lander, or entry from TEI. It’s probably a Falcon Heavy mission. We eliminate the initial need for a suit, too. Hardest part would be how to resupply without EVA capability.
Could NASA do it? Probably not, politically, but a private expedition could.
AOC’s Apocalypse
Hey, stupid conservatives, I was just kidding. Why can’t you take a joke?
[Update a few minutes later]
Thoughts from Treacher.
The Left’s Ongoing War On Science
Twitter has blocked an eminent psychologist for political incorrectness on gender.
[Update Monday morning]
Related, sort of: Conservatives should not fear evolutionary theory. It would be nice to get them to accept this, because it’s one of the few areas in which the Left can claim that “the right” is “anti-science.” It’s nice to see this published at National Review.