How SpaceX is shaking it up.
That’s what disruption looks like.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Not to mention what’s happening to ULA.
Category Archives: Business
Mars 2021 Flyby
It looks like Taber and Jane haven’t given up yet. But they need to give up the SLS fantasy.
Space-Based Solar Power
I haven’t perused this article yet, but Japan has always taken the concept more seriously than we have (well, except briefly in the late seventies).
Don’t Learn To Code
Always good advice, in any field of endeavor. Sadly, it doesn’t happen that much in education these days.
The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy
Revealed. It’s always ironic to see all these rich leftists plotting to force the rest of us to spend our money on their pet projects.
Firefly Alpha
Jeff Foust reports on the new launch company’s first planned product, and wonders if there’s a market for it.
The Big Fat Silence
It’s time to end it:
…if one has been teaching that high-fat diets can lead to heart attacks for 30 years but then finds that this may not be true, or that, indeed, more fat and less carbohydrate in the diet may be beneficial to one’s health and longevity, feelings of discomfort can result. Subconscious mechanisms may then keep enduring convictions firmly in place for extended periods of time, despite evidence to the contrary.
And it’s hard to confront the fact that you may have been responsible for the poor health and lives cut short of people you’ve been advising.
Remembering Bill Gaubatz
Jeff Foust has a piece up at The Space Review.
Jerry Ross
Well, this is kind of a frightening interview.
That he was allowed to manage anything at NASA explains a lot.
The Real IRS Scandal
Good news, everyone! The New York Times has identified it. The agency isn’t getting enough money.