A brief history of their misbegotten use in spaceflight, by frequent-commenter Mike Puckett.
[Update late afternoon Mountain time]
I want to share my own condolences to Mike on the loss of his beloved cat. But it sounds like she had a good run.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Therapy
Is it making us and our culture sick?
Space Transportation Policy
The president has issued a memorandum. I’m skimming it right now, but new policy was definitely needed with the upcoming planned cadence of launch, landing, and entry.
Dearbornistan
The Michigan city has become one of the front lines for the war of Islam against the West. We’ll see how this plays out in the Senate race.
Forty Years Of Foresight
I’ve known Eric for almost half a century, and Chris for forty years. My colleague Jim Bennett, another founder, is also briefly shown.
American Shipbuilding
…is back, despite the Jones Act.
The Need For Officer-Promotion Reform
TLDR maybe but I’m so glad you brought this up! Here’s why we can’t have iconoclast generals in the U.S. anymore:
— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) August 19, 2026
1947: Officer Personnel Act. We standardized “up-or-out.” Officers increasingly advanced through centralized boards and prescribed career timing instead of being… https://t.co/Og5M2Zk2jG
Data Centers
Thoughts from Jeffrey Carter.
This resistance to building them down here is probably going to help industrialize space.
What Rubber Hits The Road
When the state determines it.
Tire dealers in Nevada and Arizona are clicking their champagne glasses. I’ll bet that there will also be a lot of Amazon deliveries.
California doesn't do these things for "efficiency", and the cost increase isn't an unfortunate side effect…it's the whole point. CA leaders deliberately make driving financially painful with the goal of forcing you onto public transport. They brag about it in legislation. https://t.co/PUjhkJwt2N
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 19, 2026
The Miracle They Cannot Forgive
A history of Zionism:
The Miracle They Cannot Forgive
— Pierre Rehov (@rehoov) August 18, 2026
On the evening of 3 September 1897, in a rented hall in Basel, a Viennese journalist wrote a line in his diary that would sound insane to anyone who read it. At Basel, he wrote, he had founded the Jewish State. If he said so aloud, the world… pic.twitter.com/kfXBFDEqIH
[Update a while later]
Do you suffer from Israel Derangement Syndrome? Help is available.
Do you suffer from Israel Derangement Syndrome?? pic.twitter.com/XXOJcWFjAh
— TBC (@TBC_on_X) August 18, 2026