…because it was a stupid idea in the first place.
Category Archives: Business
“Make It Happen, Or Let It Happen”
Lileks has some thoughts on sports stadia (with bonus mystery guests), but the phrase he uses (the title of this post) would apply as well to job creation.
More Liberty Thoughts
…as well as links, over at Clark Lindsey’s place. I agree with his take on the reusability issue. ATK made it clear that they don’t even plan to refurbish the solids. That makes sense, given the infrastructure necessary to do so and insufficient traffic level to justify it, but it doesn’t speak to a low-cost system.
Liberty
I’m at the ATK press conference. I’ve been tweeting @Rand_Simberg
[Thursday morning update]
It was hard to get everything accurately while tweeting, but NASASpaceflight has a good technical description of the system. The key thing I didn’t catch until talking to Rominger later at the reception is that it’s not using the Orion tractor abort system.
More Republican Space Socialism
I have a rundown on the latest antics on the Hill over at Open Market.
Mining Asteroids
An interview with Tom Jones, over at the WaPo.
Pirates
Obama’s Fantasy Life
The life of Julia provides insight into it.
The Ninth Circle Of Business Hell
That’s what California is. And the socialist nannies in Sacramento seem determined to take it even lower.
Keystone
This post that says that even Warren Buffett now supports it raises the question — if State Department approval is needed because it crosses a border, why can’t the involved states just start building it now, but not cross the border with it? How could the feds stop it? Canada could simultaneously build their portion up to their side, and then it would be ready to quickly complete once we throw the lunatics out. It would also present a fait accompli, creating even more political pressure to approve it.