…punctured. A new paper from Judith Curry.
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AI
…is just as biased and overconfident as humans can be.
Well, it’s taught by humans.
The Hammer Drops
The administration is proposing ending Gateway, and SLS/Orion after Artemis III. That’s still two flights too many, but it all has yet to play out.
[Afternoon update]
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
[Sunday-morning update]
Speaking of Bob Zimmerman, he’s less than impressed with Lockheed Martin’s delivery of the first crew-capable Orion.
[Bumped]
“I Don’t Mean To Brag”
“…but I didn’t go to Harvard.“
My alma mater in Ann Arbor hasn’t exactly been covering itself in glory, either.
Thoughts On The Path Forward
I guess I should follow up with the main point: Once you explicitly accept that you're going to use multiple launches to get back to the Moon, it opens up the trade space for lots of different architectures. If NASA doesn't already have a tiger team doing trade studies to present…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) April 28, 2025
A New Market For Space Visits?
Aging Don Pettit says that he felt great in orbit.
The problem is that free fall also has a lot of the same effects as aging, so I’m not sure this is a great solution for seniors long term. But if we can figure out how to alleviate the negative effects (which may also be cures for aging down here), it might very well become a great place for senior living.
Progress In Space Solar
Things are moving along in the UK.
Public Health’s Sacrificial Lambs
This is a deep, deep problem. I hope it’s not intractable. Jay Battacharya has a heavy lift. The way so many used the pandemic to seize power over the lives of others reminds me a lot of the climate scam.
[Afternoon update]
A thing we don't talk about enough is how bad the CDC guidance was for opening things up during Covid
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) April 27, 2025
Read the details! It was insanely unrealistic but was used by states to act in very insane wayshttps://t.co/Ona38iTQXI
Faking Porn
Maybe it has an up side.
Reforming NASA
I largely agree with these recommendations. I doubt if there’s been any serious discussion with OMB about NASA.