An article about Homer Hickam and Yours Truly. They get this wrong, though: “…while Hickam and Simberg may disagree on the value of safety, they may agree that NASA could not afford to suffer such losses, especially considering pressures from Congress and the general public.”
Homer and I do not in fact disagree on the value of safety. Here is his review of the book.
We shouldn’t let it go to waste.
Yes, this would be ridiculous if it wasn’t so offensive.
So much for the cirrus-clouds-from-airplanes theory.
…is still not understood.
[Update Friday afternoon]
The latest SLS follies: This isn’t insane at all.
This is getting ridiculous. If I don’t want to sleep with a guy who thinks he’s a woman, it’s not because I’m “transphobic.” It’s because I am extremely heterosexual, and have not only zero, but negative interest in physically interacting with, or even looking at male genitals. Now if it’s an attractive woman who thinks she’s a man, that’s a different story, but it doesn’t seem like a good idea to engage in sexual relations with people who are funny in the head.
Is it constitutional?
I don’t think so. I’d love to see SCOTUS take it up.
Thoughts from John Hindraker. It was clearly an accident, and we don’t have all the facts yet, but it could be negligent homicide. Baldwin is responsible not just as the puller of the trigger, but as the producer on the set. And it’s another demonstration of how people who want to ban guns are ignorant of them and their safe use.
[Sunday-morning update]
Small world:
…are bound to backfire.
[Via Instapundit, who notes that our ruling class is inconsistent, but makes up for it by being stupid and cruel]