Category Archives: Business

Business, Economics, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Science And Society, Technology and Society

The EPA

April 6, 2018 Rand Simberg 4 Comments

Scott Pruitt is the best administrator ever.

I agree. He’s finally forcing the agency to obey the law and use real science, not the politicized kind.

Business, Economics, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

Solid-Rocket City

April 5, 2018 Rand Simberg 30 Comments

I really don’t see how NGL is going to be competitive with SpaceX and Blue Origin (or even Vulcan, if it happens), unless the USAF decides to keep Orbital ATK alive for national-security reasons. I hope that NASA isn’t compelled to purchase launches. Solids are fine for missiles, but other than strap ons, they never belonged in launch systems.

Business, Law, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

End Of An Era

April 2, 2018 Rand Simberg 2 Comments

I didn’t mention this at the time he announced it was happening to his staff, but George Nield has retired from the FAA. Not clear what the future holds for the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, or who the next head of it will be, but it’s unlikely to remain within the FAA, given the mood on the Hill. It never should have been there. The entire federal regulatory apparatus needs to be restructured for the coming era in commercial spaceflight, both launch and for on-orbit activities.

Business, Economics, Space, Technology and Society

Lockheed Martin’s Fusion Reactor

April 1, 2018 Rand Simberg 34 Comments

I sure hope this pans out, and works in space as well.

Business, Culinary, Health, Media Criticism, Science And Society, Technology and Society

Junk Nutrition

March 31, 2018 Rand Simberg 7 Comments

A mix of good and bad dietary advice.

Lot of junk nutritional science in this (e.g., seed oils, including canola good, saturated fat bad). https://t.co/pRSKIsogcm

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 31, 2018

"Since the world’s best diets consistently derive 10 percent or less of their calories from saturated fat, raising the average amount of saturated fat in your diet makes no sense."

Anyone see the logical fallacy here? It's begging the question of what's "best." https://t.co/pRSKIsogcm

— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 31, 2018

Business, Law, Political Commentary, Space, Space Science, Technology and Society

Space Regulation

March 30, 2018 Rand Simberg 2 Comments

With the Legal Subcommittee meeting of COPUOUS in Vienna a little over a week away (I’ll be attending this year), Laura Montgomery has a new paper out, and Christopher Johnson has some thoughts, too.