Meet Jack Kemp. He really is politically tone deaf, in addition to being economically ignorant. Fortunately, Obama is even worse in both regards.
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A Cheaper Lunar Mission
Charles Miller, no longer with NASA, has a piece at Florida Today about how to get back to the moon for less money. He also has one at the Journal, but it’s for subscribers only (though it may become available in a few days). Mitt should fire Mike Griffin, and hire Charles.
Climate Change
The fact that the media and popular culture and academia have veered from one panic-inducing disaster scenario to another one which completely contradicts the first one is funny enough in its own right. But reading The Weather Conspiracy: The Coming of the New Ice Age opened my eyes to an even more significant aspect of this serial crisis-mongering:
The “solutions” prescribed to solve both Global Warming and the looming Ice Age are exactly the same.
In both cases, proponents of the theory-du-jour say that in order to stave off disaster, we must reverse the march of civilization, stop our profligate use of carbon-based fuels, cede power and money from the First World to the Third World, and wherever possible revert to a Luddite pre-industrial lifestyle.
Gee, it’s almost like there’s a political agenda behind this stuff.
Almost Into Space
Wow. Armadillo’s most recent flight went to 82 kilometers. Not without a hitch, but they got it back, probably able to fly again.
Mitt Romney, Economic Ignoramus
Sigh. I wish that I were surprised by this. As a commenter says, we remain doomed to not having a presidential candidate who can explain reality to the American people.
Teachers In Space
…is now Citizens In Space:
“The development of low-cost reusable suborbital spacecraft will be the next great enabler, allowing citizens to participate in space exploration and space science.
“Citizens have told us that education is not just a process that occurs within the public schools. Science fairs, hackerspaces, museums; private, religious, and home schools — all have a role to play. Today, we are listening to those citizens.
“We want to put a thousand astronaut teachers into American schools . We want to engage America’s students and reach out to the public through museums, science centers, and other venues. We want to make space research and space exploration part of the mainstream, not treasures locked away in the ivory tower.
“When Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad was asked what it was like to fly in space, he said, ‘Everyone should go!’ We agree.
I agree, too. At least those who want to. It’s too bad the people in charge of the government space program don’t agree.
[Update a few minutes later]
Here’s the new web site.
The Peak Oil Myth
Will the fracking boom finally put a stake through its heart?
Of course not. Malthusians are never stopped by reality. They just pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and go unmerrily on their way.
Mojave Air And Spaceport
Behind the scenes, with Michael Belfiore.
Fast-Forward Radio
I’ll be on tomorrow night with Brian Wang, to discuss moon colonies.
The “Stimulus”
[Monday morning update]
How Big Government screwed up the Big Spend:
Biden said the stimulus would “literally drop kick us out of the recession.” But Grabell concludes that “the stimulus ultimately failed to do what America expected it to do — bring about a strong, sustainable recovery. The drop kick was shanked.”
And that’s about what you might expect from a White House run by brilliant theoreticians with no one around to do a reality check. Let’s contrast Team Obama with Team Reagan. The Gipper’s cabinet had Donald Regan, former CEO of Merrill Lynch; George Schultz, former president of engineering firm Bechtel; Caspar Weinberger, also of Bechtel; Malcolm Baldridge, CEO of manufacturer Scovill. And, of course, there was Reagan himself, the former two-term governor of America’s most populous state.
It’s depressing.
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