Are Elon’s tunnels the future of transportation?
I remain skeptical that they will have widespread application.
Category Archives: Economics
The Left’s Bungled Revolution
I hope this is right. We’ll find out next November, but there’s a lot of damage that can be done to the nation between now and then.
The Absurdity Of NASA’s Lunar Plans
The Age Of Discovery 2.0
A new podcast series, featuring (among others) Glenn Reynolds, Bob Zubrin, Bob Zimmerman, and Yours Truly, on the coming expansion into the solar system.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Episode 1 is up now.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Here’s Episode 3, with Bob Zubrin.
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NASA Safety
An article about Homer Hickam and Yours Truly. They get this wrong, though: “…while Hickam and Simberg may disagree on the value of safety, they may agree that NASA could not afford to suffer such losses, especially considering pressures from Congress and the general public.”
Homer and I do not in fact disagree on the value of safety. Here is his review of the book.
The Education Crisis
We shouldn’t let it go to waste.
The Mess In LA And Long Beach Harbors
The people at Flexport took a tour yesterday. A large part of the solution is (at least temporarily) deregulation. But it will be economically devastating if we don’t fix this soon.
[Update Saturday afternoon]
Problem solved. This is kind of amazing. Petersen is a leader, and a hero.
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Starship
…is still not understood.
[Update Friday afternoon]
The latest SLS follies: This isn’t insane at all.
The True New Jim Crow
[Via Instapundit, who notes that our ruling class is inconsistent, but makes up for it by being stupid and cruel]
The End Of Risk
…and the end of civilization.