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I’ve been refusing to do it for many years.
Category Archives: Economics
The Auto Chip Shortage
This hits literally close to home. I haven’t talked to my brother, but I’ll bet that one of the plants being shut down is the Flint plant (the last remaining GM plant in the town where GM was born). He had been getting a lot of overtime, but I suspect that he’s not working now.
Space Nuclear Power
I haven’t read the whole thing, but this article at the Space Force Journal looks to be interesting.
California’s Demographic Decline
It’s getting worse, not better, with no sign of change in sight unless the voters vote differently.
[Sunday update]
Fully oligarchic luxury Californication.
And visualizing San Francisco’s vacant office space.
[Bumped]
What Does Branson’s Flight Mean?
I have a post up over at SpaceTech Analytics.
[Saturday-morning update]
More thoughts over at The Verge.
Branson’s Flight
Some reflections from Bob Zimmerman.
[Update a while later]
Here‘s Eric Berger’s take on the significance.
This picture doesn’t flatter her. She’s quite stunning in person.
We Demand A Collectivist Space Program
An ignorant rant against the “billionaire space race.”
[Update a while later]
As would be expected, Alan Boyle has a more intelligent take on the “race.”
SLS BS
It’s like these people are living in an alternate reality. No sane program manager is going to want to use SLS. And a billion dollars a flight? That might be the marginal cost, but it’s not the average.
[Saturday-morning update]
More thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
Asteroid Mining
A nice essay by Martin Elvis.
Turning Seawater Into Freshwater
This will be great if it’s scalable.