Some good advice for Democrats, which many of them are constitutionally incapable of accepting.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
The Decivilizing Of America
This was deliberate.
The Current Artemis State Of Play
A good article from Irene Klotz.
[Afternoon update]
What comes after Artemis III?
The Musk derangement is strong in comments.
And this had me rolling my eyes: “”…one friend in the industry predicted a future without them to be so dire that Artemis III would be the last US human spaceflight of our lifetimes.”
A Yuuuuuge Breakthrough In Civil Rights
🧵 I went looking for the actual text of the EO on prescription drug prices since no one is actually linking that and I have to do everything around here and I found this that was issued on Friday and I missed it.
— alexandriabrown (@alexthechick) May 12, 2025
I cannot stress how important this is.https://t.co/wuOpqoDjjt pic.twitter.com/d4LUmR6YuK
Having to know you committed a crime before being charged with it. What a concept.
The Climate Apocalypse
…punctured. A new paper from Judith Curry.
The Hammer Drops
The administration is proposing ending Gateway, and SLS/Orion after Artemis III. That’s still two flights too many, but it all has yet to play out.
[Afternoon update]
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
[Sunday-morning update]
Speaking of Bob Zimmerman, he’s less than impressed with Lockheed Martin’s delivery of the first crew-capable Orion.
[Bumped]
Getting History Right
I remember when The Battle of Britain came out, as a young adolescent. I went to see it at least twice, maybe three times. I had the hots for Susannah York. I also had written a term paper about it.
“I Don’t Mean To Brag”
“…but I didn’t go to Harvard.“
My alma mater in Ann Arbor hasn’t exactly been covering itself in glory, either.
David Horowitz
Thoughts On The Path Forward
I guess I should follow up with the main point: Once you explicitly accept that you're going to use multiple launches to get back to the Moon, it opens up the trade space for lots of different architectures. If NASA doesn't already have a tiger team doing trade studies to present…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) April 28, 2025