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Category Archives: Economics
Falcon 9
So the inner core of the heavy will be a different configuration than the outer ones.
Mars
Is anyone really headed there soon?
Well, NASA certainly isn’t.
[Update a while later]
Gwynne Shotwell: “Nobody laughs at us any more when we talk about colonizing Mars.”
“Renewable” Energy
…is the most expensive policy disaster in modern British history.
It didn’t work out well for Spain, either. Or Germany.
Splitting Water
…with solar energy? I wonder how the economics work out.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sorry, bad link is fixed now.
Lying Journalists
…should compensate Ferguson for abetting its destruction by race baiters.
But…but…narrative!
Dear Tesla
An open letter from retail auto dealers.
Somehow, I suspect they won’t make the sale.
Hypersonics
Japan and Europe are cooperating on a pre-cooled turbojet.
Unfortunately, they seem to be ignoring the real issue, which is drag and fuel consumption. I think that Mach 5 is above the sweet spot for a practical system.
3-D Printing
Finally goes true 3-D.
It’s finally starting to feel like the 21st century.
[Update a while later]
Aaaaaannnd, self-flying cars by 2017?
Seems a little optimistic, but if we’re going to have flying cars, they’ll have to be self flying.
[Mid-morning update]
Aaaaand, molecular 3-D printers. The future is looking very interesting. Both in the conventional and the Chinese sense.
[Late-morning update]
Aaaaannnd, lab-grown chicken meat?
That would be huge breakthrough for both earth and space. I’d really like to see it for pork, though. Technically, would lab-grown pork be kosher? Or halal?
Mars Or Bust, Or Mars One, Busted?
Thoughts from Laura Seward Forczyk. As she notes, media hype about SLS/Orion getting anyone to Mars is greatly exaggerated, with the connivance of NASA PAO.