Lileks has some thoughts on sports stadia (with bonus mystery guests), but the phrase he uses (the title of this post) would apply as well to job creation.
Category Archives: Economics
More Liberty Thoughts
…as well as links, over at Clark Lindsey’s place. I agree with his take on the reusability issue. ATK made it clear that they don’t even plan to refurbish the solids. That makes sense, given the infrastructure necessary to do so and insufficient traffic level to justify it, but it doesn’t speak to a low-cost system.
Cornucopians In Space
Some thoughts on Planetary Resources and Peter Diamandis’ abundance thesis over at Zero Hedge. I need to give it some thought, but I think there is a definitional issue here of what constitutes a “resource.” It’s somewhat related to the question of whether gravity existed before Newton invented it, though a little less philosophical. I’m on a couple deadlines right now, but have at it in comments.
The New Holocaust Deniers
Some thoughts from Robert Zubrin on the environmental movement. They’re not just deniers — many of them are enablers and cheerleaders.
Mining Asteroids
An interview with Tom Jones, over at the WaPo.
Pirates
Obama’s Fantasy Life
The life of Julia provides insight into it.
The Ninth Circle Of Business Hell
That’s what California is. And the socialist nannies in Sacramento seem determined to take it even lower.
The Eurozone
The great unanswered question. With the election results in France, northern Europe would pull out, if they had any sense.
Orbital Mechanics, Selenology, Economics And Logistics
Jim Hillhouse doesn’t understand any of them:
The plan germinating from deep within NASA, and that sees some tentative support within Congress, is to fly one, or both, of the Morpheus and Mighty Eagle landers on the first flight of the Space Launch System in 2017. The reason for this is to begin to answer the question of whether, and in what form, there is water on the Moon.
Ummmm…no. We are long past the point of having to “begin” to answer that question.
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