I know it’s been down since last night. My provider apparently had a major SNAFU, and the whole farm was down. Just came back on line a few minutes ago.
Category Archives: Business
My “Ending Apolloism” Talk At Space Access
I’ve uploaded the Powerpoint to the site.
It’s an outgrowth of my “SLS Roadblock” project, which I’m figuring out how to either wrap up or extend.
[Update a while later]
Erratum: At the time I originally created these charts, for the FISO telecon at the end of January, Dana had proposed the Space Settlement bill. He has since actually introduced it.
Vivaldi
Five reasons to switch to the new browser.
I’m going to try it, but not sure there’s an rpm for it, so may have to build.
Dear Scrotty Students
“You have everything to learn from us; we have nothing to learn from you.”
The inmates seem to be running the campus asylums.
The SLS Disaster
Eric Berger writes that Congress is forcing NASA to eat its seed corn for the #JourneyToMars.
Yes.
#ProTip: If SLS made any sense at all, Congress wouldn't have to make it illegal for NASA to not build it. https://t.co/lK4mnV3ugO
— Apostle To Morons (@Rand_Simberg) April 22, 2016
[Update a while later]
This is a key point:
Since Tuesday, I have been asking communications officials in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate for clarification on what this extra funding will be used for and whether it’s needed. I haven’t received a response.
Because they don’t have a response. It is programmatic insanity to just throw hundreds of millions of dollars at a manager and expect them to spend it sensibly in a single year.
A Civil Rights Victory In Tennessee
Ending “gun-free” zones.
An “Interesting” Day For SpaceX?
Wonder if there was a problem in McGregor?
Well, that’s why they have test sites, and do tests.
The Latest In Apolloism
A defense of the SLS over at an Alabama news outlet. Let the fisking commence: Continue reading The Latest In Apolloism
The Climate Hustle
The press declares war on the new documentary.
Of course it does. It doesn’t fit the narrative.
Space Resource Utilization
Here are the proceedings of the symposium in the Netherlands. Haven’t read through them, but I expect to see a lot of support for Moon Treaty-like “solutions.”