Category Archives: Political Commentary

Business, Economics, Political Commentary, Space

Speaking Out For Commercial Crew

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No one asked me to sign this petition, but I certainly would have.

[Update a few minutes later]

If I were petitioning the White House on space policy right now, I’d submit the following:

“The Commercial Crew program, which is the only near-term hope we have of ending our reliance on the Russians for transportation to the International Space Station, is being underfunded by the Congress, and delayed by a switch to an onerous new contracting method by NASA. We the undersigned request that the White House highlight the issue of the underfunding of the Commercial Crew program in the Congress, and issue an executive order to the space agency to continue utilizing Space Act Agreements for the program that have proven so successful in the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, rather than shifting the procurement to the traditional costly FAR-based approach.”

[Update a couple minutes later]

Link is fixed now, sorry.

Media Criticism, Political Commentary

The Allred Presser

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I didn’t see it, and have no opinion on the accuser’s credibility, but I think that it is diminished significantly by having Gloria Allred (who essentially put out a casting call for such people a few days ago) as her representative. If true, it reduces my respect for Mr. Cain significantly, but short of the general, he was never going to get my vote anyway. There are much stronger reasons not to think him presidential timber.

And no, don’t expect to see any opinions here on the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial, either, other than that I regret that it is getting so much media attention.