It’s delayed again, and over budget. Again.
I would have canceled it years ago. It was a mistaken concept from the get go. For what we’ve spent on this program, we could have had orbital servicing capability, obviating the need for the origami, and even allowing servicing in situ.
Thoughts on it from Laura Montgomery, with its implications for Outer Space Treaty interpretation.
Shannon Stirone has a nice essay on the history and state of affairs, and Congress’s skewed space-budget priorities.
I think the future of deep-space comm will be lasers, and it may be provided commercially.
…is packed with Leftist priorities.
Want to lose the House? This is how you lose the House.
An article adapted from Christian Davenport’s new book, which I’m reading in Florida.
Glenn Reynolds says let’s end it, for the dogs. It’s a law that should have ended many decades ago.
Behold, the new British Space Act. I and others had not-insignificant influence in forming this. They were headed down a bad European road a few years ago. They were originally going to allow the European aviation safety agency regulate it, which would have been disastrous. Instead, as we recommended, it is modeled closely on the U.S. launch-licensing system.
I hate when the steering wheel comes off my car while I’m driving.
Why should I use it instead of Google?
Also, they don’t lie about not being evil.
I’ve got review copies of Tim Fernholz’s