I really don’t see how NGL is going to be competitive with SpaceX and Blue Origin (or even Vulcan, if it happens), unless the USAF decides to keep Orbital ATK alive for national-security reasons. I hope that NASA isn’t compelled to purchase launches. Solids are fine for missiles, but other than strap ons, they never belonged in launch systems.
Category Archives: Economics
Lockheed Martin’s Fusion Reactor
I sure hope this pans out, and works in space as well.
Leftists In The Mist
A harrowing expedition deep into Clinton country.
JWST And The Media
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman on the latest overrun and schedule slip, and the shoddy reporting of it.
The JWST
It’s delayed again, and over budget. Again.
I would have canceled it years ago. It was a mistaken concept from the get go. For what we’ve spent on this program, we could have had orbital servicing capability, obviating the need for the origami, and even allowing servicing in situ.
Marx
He didn’t replace old ideas about commerce and money; he intensified them.
I assume that this is an excerpt or adaptation from Jonah’s new book.
[Update a few minutes later]
This seems related. From the brilliant Sarah Hoyt, who understands the Left as well as anyone: The Russians don’t understand America enough to successfully hack our election.
The Next Big Republican Spending Bill
…is packed with Leftist priorities.
Want to lose the House? This is how you lose the House.
Cabotage
Glenn Reynolds says let’s end it, for the dogs. It’s a law that should have ended many decades ago.
Books In The Mail
I’ve got review copies of Tim Fernholz’s
A Harbinger For Space Policy?
Trump apparently is impressed with commercial space.