Can it survive without a radical restructuring?
Nope. SpaceX is disrupting space programs all over the world.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Use Of The Word “Denier”
It is both a fascist tactic to shut down debate, and an indication of the fundamentally religious nature of the climate “believers.”
[Update a few minutes later]
It’s not our fault, they MADE us make beheading jokes. They were just asking for it.
Why Go To Mars And Other Places
I missed linking this article at The Space Review by John Strickland.
The real problem with space policy is not that we can’t decide where to go, but that we can’t decide why.
The Civil War Over Political Correctness
Jonathan Chait has kicked one off within the Left.
Good. These people view the world as a re-education camp, with them as the instructors. And guards.
[Update a while later]
A few observations from a “mansplainer.”
[Saturday-morning update]
“The obvious thing to say about Jonathan Chait’s war against the Left is that we are rooting for casualities.” Yup.
The Hollywood Blacklist Narrative
Which surprises me not at all. It goes part and parcel with Stalinism.
Obama’s Ongoing War On The Middle Class
His latest energy-tapping battle, abandoned.
Women Are Helpless Victims
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Report
This year’s version is out.
I haven’t read yet, but I’m sure I will. It will be useful fodder for a new edition of the book. Note that while it criticizes Commercial Crew for a lack of transparency, SLS/Orion come in for more substantive criticism from a safety standpoint.
France’s Gay Vote
How Marine LePen is winning it.
Gee, who could have thought that gays might have a problem with a religious movement that pushes stone walls down on them?
[Update a few minutes later]
Remembering Auschwitz
It’s a little surreal to be in Israel (for my first time) during the seventieth anniversary. But considering the past (and the subsequent almost complete loss of all the Jews in that country), it was touching and poignant that Poland allowed Israel to do an overflight of that now-sacred ground. I’m sure they wish they’d had that kind of military capability seventy years ago. It would have been a bombing run on the chambers and ovens.
