Can it achieve its certification schedule goal?
The article talks about trans-Pacific city pairs, but I have trouble believing it will have that kind of range.
Category Archives: Law
The EPA’s New Diesel Rule
Having fits of regulatory sanity in this administration.
Nuclear Weapons In Space
The Corruption In Sacramento
It seems likely to me that this will torpedo Newsom’s presidential ambitions.
“I don’t know how these investigations work, but it sounds like they cast a pretty broad net across the Capitol community to see what they could find.”
I’m sure there was plenty to find.
The Real Deep State
Tulsi Gabbard just described the actual operating system of Washington and it’s somehow even dumber and more insulting than the conspiracy versions.
— Flopping Aces (@FloppingAces) July 3, 2026
She needed one printed document for a 10 a.m. Oval Office meeting with the President. A mid-level staffer … detailed from…
I wonder if the recent SCOTUS ruling that says the president actually does run the executive branch could help with this?
The Spoils System
Yes, let’s bring it back.
The SCOTUS ruling should give the administration free rein to clean house.
“The Left Took Total Control”
Is California reaching a crisis point?
Hopefully, the Supreme Court will put an end to some of the voting nonsense, but even if it does, the state may ignore it (as it does with DEI). If so, maybe the Justice Department should step in at some point and declare the state in insurrection.
Sarah Hoyt Is An OWL
That is, an Older, Wiser Libertarian. As am I.
How Did Version 3 Do?
An interesting video:
Now that Starship Flight 12 is completed, how did the new V3 Booster performance compare to the older Flight 11 V2 Booster and did the redesign, higher TWR and flight path management really make a big difference?
— Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎 (@JoeTegtmeyer) May 28, 2026
I thought we would look at one aspect of the Booster design to… pic.twitter.com/warED6lfmH
Unsurprisingly, the FAA is going to require a mishap investigation before the next flight, but SpaceX is certainly already engaged in it.
Best Practices
I’m sure you’ll be as unsurprised as I am that when it comes to managing upper stages, China is not following them.
[Update a few minutes later]
Maybe we should make a “Hungry Hippo” version of Starship one day to collect and de-orbit spent rocket stages and other space junk
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 26, 2026