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Category Archives: Economics
NASA’s “Space” Program
It will be a decade and a half, and $50B, with little spaceflight to show for it.
Europe And Its Space Race
Will SpaceX shut it out?
Probably. Not that he could really do anything about it, but I warned Clay Mowry years ago that Ariane 6 would be obsolete before it flew. Which is probably why he went to Blue Origin.
Extinction Rebellion
Human Nature
Panera is the latest to discover that giving away free stuff isn’t a sustainable business model.
Space Solar Power
I wonder how serious this Chinese plan is? It looks like a traditional GEO concept. They have an advantage over us for this, in that they won’t have envirowackos to stop them.
How Dumb Is AOC?
I think she pegs the meter. As Sarah Hoyt notes, blondes are telling jokes about her.
[Update a couple minutes later]
The rebirth of socialism: Where it came from, and how to stop it.
[Late-morning update]
I suspect that AOC will be successfully primaried after this latest jamming of both feet in her mouth. She just cost her constituents a lot of jobs.
[Noon update]
The worms are starting to turn on her.
Slowing Aging
A cell-killing strategy to do it has passed its first human test.
I’m taking quercetin (when I remember to take my supplements at all — I wish taking pills was less of a chore).
The Greening Of The Planet
Woah!
Carbon dioxide helps things grow? Who would've thought?!
Big if true! https://t.co/wajoPG1G67
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) February 15, 2019
Popular Mechanics
This anti-nuclear piece should be an embarrassment to the publication.
[Update Sunday morning]
I would appreciate it if people could somehow refrain from calling others “liars” in the comments section. Please keep it civil.