I’m giving a talk on the economics of spaceflight on Friday in Omaha. Does anyone have a chart showing the cost per flight as a function of flight rate for both expendables and reusables? Doesn’t need to have citable numbers in it, just looking for something conceptual.
Category Archives: Economics
Recycling Programs
With city budgets declining, it’s time to rethink them.
It’s time to rethink lots of things, but we don’t usually do it until under duress. The virus has been helpful in that regard in many cases.
Good Job, Guys
Wasting water to save water.
California
Why Ben Shapiro is leaving.
[Friday-morning update]
Can California’s green extremism go national?
I hope not.
Trump’s Taxes
No, you idiots, that’s not how taxes work.
Moore’s Law
…is alive and well?
AI Philosophy
This is a couple years old, but I just came across it. Allison is one of the most brilliant women I know; her beauty is lagniappe.
Apollo Versus Artemis
“Follow The Science”
…is not a strategy.
Like Joe Biden.
[Afternoon update]
Related, sort of: The alien red planet and the scientific method.
Charlie Bolden
He’s thrown in the towel on SLS.
[Update a while later]
From January (I didn’t see it at the time): The SLS is an irredeemable mistake.