Now Mars Sample Return threatens the planetary science budget.
I agree that JPL should be soliciting bids from contractors.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Our Titanic
Thoughts on the complexity of modern technology.
This Fine EdD
DOCTOR Jill Biden’s “dissertation” was hilariously terrible.
The Titanic Submersible
It has ties to space exploration.
There are a lot of parallels with space tourism here. It is a high-risk, high-cost activity for wealthy individuals, that is currently unregulated. It is a visit to a harsh environment (worse than space in some ways), where life support is required, and finite. I hope that this incident doesn’t result in clamoring for regulation, of either submersibles, or space adventures. In the case of the submersible, it’s not clear who would regulate something that’s taking place in international waters.
[Update a few minutes later]
[Noon update]
One of the people on the boat is an adventure addict.
Well, that’s the sort of people who do this sort of thing.
[Wednesday-morning update]
It’s looking more and more like this was negligence, and the people who did it were daredevils.
And then there’s this.
[Bumped]
[Noon update]
The company was warned twice of potentially catastrophic consequences. It will be ironic if Rush is killed by his own decision, but it shows his misplaced confidence in it.
[Thursday-afternoon update]
“They likely didn’t know what hit them.”
[Bumped]
[Update a while later]
Thoughts from James Cameron:
Conservative Boycotts
…should terrify corporations.
Good.
A Question For The Climate Crazies
What evidence would it require for you to change your mind, and for you to realize that it is not a crisis, and that we don’t have to destroy the economy in the name of climate?
This is a (semi)serious question, but mostly a note to write a longer essay about science and falsifiability, that I didn’t have time or gumption to write tonight.
It’s Good To Be A Biden
[Afternoon update]
Hunter avoids jail time by pleading Biden.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Thoughts at Legal Insurrection.
[Bumped]
Space-Based Solar Power
For the first time since the 70s, Congress takes an interest.
It’s not a sufficient step, but it’s a necessary one, even if small.
Why Did Trump Do It?
This seems perfectly in alignment of my view of Trump. He has lots of weird habits and idiosyncrasies, and this is one of them. The notion that he did it to sell out America is something that only a TDS sufferer would think.
The Wuhan Institute Of Virology
Do their scientists often fall from the building’s roof?