The race between Aerojet Rocketdyne and Blue Origin heats up. But as noted in comments over there, there’s a big word missing in the story: Reusability. And the issue isn’t so much reusability of the engines themselves (though I’ve heard nothing to indicate that the AR1 will be reusable), but in the vehicle design. ULA does not want to continue Atlas with a new engine; they know they need at least a recoverable propulsion/avionics unit of Vulcan to even hope to be competitive with SpaceX (and Blue Origin).
Category Archives: Media Criticism
X-37
It landed this weekend, but this drives me crazy.
It's not a "space shuttle." Stop calling it a space shuttle. https://t.co/34UyNn94cv
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) May 8, 2017
Diabetes
Scientists have cured mice of Type 1 with gene therapy. Apparently it will work for Type 2 as well, though a lot of that is caused by following terrible nutrition advice.
ObamaCare
“My husband would have died if he’d relied on it.”
All of the mendacious hysteria over this bill has been incandescent, especially compared to the very real disaster that the ACA has been (and which many of us warned about).
Who would've guessed the same folks who said Mitt gave a lady cancer & plans to kill Big Bird would exaggerate about GOP legislation.
— Razor (@hale_razor) May 6, 2017
Who would've guessed the same folks who said Mitt gave a lady cancer & plans to kill Big Bird would exaggerate about GOP legislation.
— Razor (@hale_razor) May 6, 2017
Dems telling even more lies to prevent this bill than they did to pass Obamacare. Impressive, in a way. Wouldn't have thought it possible. https://t.co/qkzzPcYw8c
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) May 6, 2017
The Importance Of Hyphens
My first thought on seeing this was, “Why would I want a damaged screw remover? Just to save a little money?”
The Dangers Of Empathy
Thoughts on Jimmy Kimmel and health care, from Jonah Goldberg.
How Bad Was Barack Obama?
A long rant from a “progressive.”
Calorie Counting
It’s junk science, and these menu rules based on it are insane, and probably impossible to follow.
In related news, studies showing the dangers of replacing saturated fat with vegetable oils were apparently buried for a long time.
An Artificial Kidney
Available within two years? If so, this will save a lot of lives, and perhaps end the need for waiting for donors (which, unlike other organs, could be solved by simply letting the market work).
The Nye Quadrant
An interesting discussion and link roundup from Judith Curry.