Category Archives: Business

Business, Space, Technology and Society

Tomorrow’s Falcon Launch

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…has been scrubbed, due to a failed static-fire test today. Seems to be an umbilical problem.

Maybe next week.

[Update late morning]

Here‘s the full story. As as often the case, it’s a range constraint. I’m sure that’s one of the big motivations to go to Texas. I recall seeing Gwynne wandering the hall at an AIAA conference about eight years ago (when they were getting screwed over at Vandenberg) muttering, “I hate ranges, I hate ranges.”

Business, Economics, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

“Shovel Ready” Jobs

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Why does the Left hate work?

Some on the right think this strategy is part of a grand plan. They see an increase in the number of Americans who are dependent on the federal government as beneficial to Democrats, who largely win the votes of those to whom they offer ever-higher benefits and welfare. I refuse to imagine that any such insidious thinking is behind the left’s refusal to embrace job creation.

I believe, instead, that it springs from a wide-spread lack of private sector experience. President Obama believes the government can right all wrongs – that’s the wellspring from which community activists derive their inspiration. It is a philosophy that has done great damage to this country in recent years – and we’re not out of the woods yet.

I think she’s too kind.