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Category Archives: Media Criticism
The Human Spaceflight Report
Dale Skran has a review, that mirrors a lot of my own concerns with it:
There is no discussion at all that the prospect for increased traffic to LEO for all purposes, including tourism, might lead to significantly lower costs; or that it may lead to reusable spacecraft with superior operational characteristics relative to existing vehicles or the SLS. This glaring absence seems remarkable given the stated goal of SpaceX to develop just such lower-cost, reusable craft, as well as their considerable progress in this direction. Of course, the efforts of SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, XCOR Aerospace, and others to greatly reduce launch costs may all fail. However, the NRC report is based on the unstated assumption that over the entire period considered, all the way out to 2054, there will be essentially no progress in rocketry other than that funded by NASA exploration programs, and that for the entire period the SLS as currently envisioned will remain the preferred method for Americans to reach space. It is difficult to imagine a more unlikely foundation for the planning of future space efforts than this.
It is extremely myopic, and therefore of little value, but it was probably doomed to be so by its charter.
Marc Andreesen
Speaking of him, I just noticed he has a blog (here’s a post on how robots aren’t eating our jobs). I’ve added it to the blog roll.
Jewish Support For Obama
Sadly, it’s not mystifying.
CNN’s Bias
Some shareholders are getting justifiably unhappy. As the old joke goes, Fox News succeeded by targeting an unsatisfied niche market: half the country.
Ten Scientific Concepts
…that scientists wish people would stop misusing.
I’m sure I’ve ranted about most if not all of these over the years.
Suing Obama
Yes, Congress has standing. [Subscription required]
The IRS Commissioner
What he said about those Lois Lerner emails back in March.
Michael Mann’s Recent Interview With Bill Moyers
Luboš Motl doesn’t seem to be very impressed.
Liberalism
It may be a futile battle, but I’ll certainly keep tilting at the windmill. The Left is not liberal.