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Category Archives: Economics
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Report
This year’s version is out.
I haven’t read yet, but I’m sure I will. It will be useful fodder for a new edition of the book. Note that while it criticizes Commercial Crew for a lack of transparency, SLS/Orion come in for more substantive criticism from a safety standpoint.
3-D Transistors
Manufactured by directed self assembly.
Just realized that it’s almost thirty years since Eric’s book
Reusing Falcon Heavy
A nice animation, but I question the economics of bringing all three cores back to the pad. That has to be big performance hit, particularly on the center one. That one might continue to be barged, or at least there would be trades for each flight, depending on customer needs.
Planetary Boundaries, Tipping Points
…and prophets of doom.
Quitting The EU
ObamaCare’s Slow Death
Thoughts from Richard Epstein on overregulation, and trying to solve it by worse regulation.
Full Employment
No, we’re nowhere close to it:
Measured against where these people expected the economy to be at this point seven years ago, the economy is indeed awful. Millions of people who should have jobs don’t, and those who do have jobs are working for much lower wages than would be the case in a healthy economy.
This is the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression. For most of the same reasons.
Note, I don’t agree with Baker’s recommendations, though.
[Update a few minutes later]
Of 3000 counties, only 65 have recovered from the recession.
Republicans Don’t Like The Asteroid Mission
Hey, guys? If you want NASA to go to the moon, here’s a pro tip. Let them spend money on things they actually need to get to the moon, instead of forcing them to waste it on things, like SLS and Orion, that they don’t.
Iran’s Space Program
…has been canceled.
Good.