It’s as broken as peer review.
As with civil (and military) space, we have a 20th-century system in place for the 21st century.
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Related: Why scientists hide their doubts about global warming from the media.
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No water required? Not sure how this relates to the recent stories about liquid water.
Looks like they should be great this year, with an almost new moon. Might drive up to the mountains or desert, if it’s clear.
(From a surprising source) let’s stop pretending that it works.
They can’t do that. It cuts the legs from under one of the primary weapons they use against critics of catastrophic anthropogenic climate change.
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Related: Senator Cruz’s climate hearing with Judith Curry, John Christie, Mark Steyn et all is today at noon PST. Get out the popcorn.
The endless debate: Are they domesticated? I think ours is, pretty much, but then, I think females are more than males. They don’t tend to wander as much, in my experience. Rerun doesn’t go more than a house or so away, AFAIK.
…and how they can stop.
Andy Weir says to send it to check out the water.
I’m pretty sure that would violate current planetary-protection protocols.
[Late-afternoon update]
Keith Cowing has a review of the movie up now.
Unfortunately, looks like it’s only partial on the Left Coast.
This is pretty cool. Of course, the Intelligent Designers will have a field day with it.