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Why We Can’t Have Nice Space Things

October 21, 2024 Rand Simberg 1 Comment

One of the funny moments during a SpaceX rocket launch was when Elon Musk and the SpaceX team were launching at Vandenberg in California.

An organization concerned about Seal procreation forced SpaceX to “kidnap” a Seal, strap it to a board, and put headphones on and play sonic… pic.twitter.com/wA5RcqNwLq
— SMX 🇺🇸 (@iam_smx) September 29, 2024

[Update a few minutes later

But wait! There’s more!

This story of strangulation by over-regulation from @elonmusk about the government requiring @SpaceX to asses whether their rockets could potentially hit SHARKS and WHALES is side-splittingly hilarious. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/E06XIJm7zy
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) October 20, 2024

Business, Law, Political Commentary, Space

SpaceX’s Lawsuit Against The Coastal Commission

October 17, 2024 Rand Simberg 8 Comments

Thoughts from First Amendment scholar Eugene Volokh.

Aside from this action, there are some prospects that the CCC is going to (finally!) be reined in legally.

[Afternoon update]

Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.

Business, Law, Political Commentary, Space

The EPA And NASA

October 10, 2024 Rand Simberg 15 Comments

Bob Zimmerman on the EPA’s overreach.

I don’t actually favor deorbiting ISS, but I’m sure that the EPA has no statutory authority to decide what we can put into the ocean in international waters.

Business, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

Why The Feds Are Preventing Private Aid In Asheville

October 5, 2024 Rand Simberg 24 Comments

Is it really about the money?

If you are wondering why citizens are being turned away that are coming to help NC and TN – you’ll want to hear my experience as someone who has been doing this as a private citizen for almost a decade.

I was able to get into, and out of Asheville. We brought food, water, fuel… pic.twitter.com/EO5NJRdTEN
— Ryan Tyre 🇺🇸 (@ryantyre) October 2, 2024

More to be outraged about at Instapundit.

[Saturday-morning update]

The federal government has lost the mandate of heaven.

[Bumped]

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Twenty Years On

October 4, 2024 Rand Simberg 6 Comments

I wrote a long-form post at X.

It's been exactly twenty years ago today since Burt Rutan, with money provided by the late Paul Allen, won the Ansari X-Prize with SpaceShipOne. The hope at the time was that it would lead to a robust suborbital space tourism industry, allowing hundreds or thousands of people to…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 4, 2024

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The Censors

October 1, 2024 Rand Simberg 8 Comments

How to fight back against them, and rescue the Republic.

[Update a few minutes later]

This seems related.

NC resident has a message: the government is not coming to save you, it’s up to all of us to help save each other.

I find this to be devastating because the amount of money our government God knows where for God knows what reason is obscene. But when it comes down to helping… pic.twitter.com/aNsJ5nzYgG
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) October 1, 2024

All the institutions have been corrupted.

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The FAA Overreach

September 25, 2024 Rand Simberg 31 Comments

I agree with Bob Zimmerman: SpaceX should fight, particularly in light of Loper.

[Update a while later]

Yesterday the FAA Administrator demonstrated why the FAA should not be in charge of commercial space transportation anymore. — jamesmuncy https://t.co/zQ3EdESL69
— James A. M. Muncy (@JamesMuncy) September 25, 2024

Transterrestrial Musings