The Webb telescope may have solved it.
I think it was actually more interesting when it was a clear disparity, because that might have been an opportunity to learn some new physics (and new physics will be required if we’re to venture beyond the solar system).
An interesting article (from NPR!) about the internal controversy at NASA over a private rescue mission. No doubt there is some politics in play within the astronaut office.
The debate rages on.
[Via Phil Metzger, who has significantly contributed to the debate]
If they’re artificially intelligent, they may be stranger than we think.
There may be less than previously thought.
That doesn’t mean, of course, that there isn’t enough to be very useful. After all, we used to think there was none at all.
…is in deep kimchi.
I always thought it was stupid to put up cubesats on SLS. That had to be a political decision.
Prutty good crater ID, eh?
Go to the south pole. Michelle Hanlon and I respond to Walt Faulconer’s op-ed from last week advocating for Tranquility Base as the first destination for Artemis.
Elon can do whatever he wants, but personally, I wouldn’t give NASA a dime to do this. They’ll do it in the most ridiculous, Apollo-like way. The only way I want to see government employees go to Mars is if they buy a ticket from SpaceX (or someone else, though I have no idea who that would be).