Assif Siddiqui says that we need new ways to think about it: “We need to let go of our nostalgia for Apollo and move on and work with different models to the old 1960s space races.”
I’ve been saying this for years.
Category Archives: History
Too Many Dishonorable People Are Honored
Hard to argue.
The Oceangate Disaster
An unofficial assessment from a submarine captain.
Rickover built a hell of an underwater navy, but basing the nuclear-power industry on submarine designs has been a mess.
Tent, Meet Camel
Thoughts on the relentless fight against our freedom by the Marxists.
A Catastrophic Implosion
…of the rule of law.
The New Russian Revolution
If I recall my Prince (the book, not the pop star) correctly, there was some pretty strong advice against using mercenaries. But Vlad may have been too busy offing his enemies to read Machiavelli.
Henry Petroski
RIP.
I have several of his books on my shelf.
A Question For The Climate Crazies
What evidence would it require for you to change your mind, and for you to realize that it is not a crisis, and that we don’t have to destroy the economy in the name of climate?
This is a (semi)serious question, but mostly a note to write a longer essay about science and falsifiability, that I didn’t have time or gumption to write tonight.
Why Did Trump Do It?
This seems perfectly in alignment of my view of Trump. He has lots of weird habits and idiosyncrasies, and this is one of them. The notion that he did it to sell out America is something that only a TDS sufferer would think.
Woodrow The Terrible
…Warren the good. A review of one of our worst presidents, and his successor, who has been underrated.