I just got a link to the video from Sean Mahoney. It really was tough timing for the Morpheus team that they had such an ignominious test on the same day as the Masten success.
Category Archives: Business
My National Review Piece
I have a couple more thoughts, over at Open Market.
Deep Sea Mining
It’s about to start. Note that this is not being done under the auspices of the socialist seabed authority under the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Capitalism In Space
I have a piece up at National Review Online today, on the current state of play in human spaceflight.
The Lost Decade
If these stories are true, it explains a lot.
The Drug War
…is criminally insane.
Popping The Higher-Education Bubble
With Obama’s war on the suburbs.
If so, it seems like it would be poetic justice.
Meanwhile, In Mojave
In contrast to NASA’s unfortunate attempt today, Dave Masten is tweeting that they just flew Xombie 650 yards down range.
Back To The Drawing Board
Apparently Morpheus crashed and burned in its first untethered flight. Armadillo and Masten often make this stuff look easy, but it’s not.
[Update a fewminutes later]
Here’s the video. Sounds like a tank blew up after a few seconds. Single engine, so had to be a failure of the gimbal or the controller.
Statistics And The Failure Of Space Policy
Thoughts from Ed Wright on why we have to get space activities out of the hands of politicians as soon as possible.