McCarthy has introduced a bill to extend the learning period.
It’s unlikely to pass before it expires week after next, but it will ultimately be extended, as it should be.
Category Archives: Space
The Latest Starship Delay
Ellie in Space has the story.
Six Thoughts On Elon Musk
[Update a few minutes later]
On reading through it, this jumped out at me: “The brain strain of designing the car is tiny compared to the brain strain of designing the factory.”
What is more important about Starship is not the design of the vehicle, but the fact that he’s building a shipyard.
Water On The Moon
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.
The Learning Period
Michael Lopez-Allegria says don’t let it expire.
GAO On SLS
U.S. Space Command
Do we really need it?
Probably not. I do continue to think we need a U.S. Space Guard, though.
Is The White House Holding Up The Starship Test Flight?
Bob Zimmerman thinks so.
I supposed it’s possible, but NASA needs it to fly. Nelson could probably pressure Biden if that were really happening.
[Update a while later]
Starship is stacked and ready for launch.
Except for the license.
Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
Peter Hague responds to a dumb polemic at Quillette.
One of the foundational problems of space-policy discussions is the apparent inability of many to distinguish between space exploration, and space settlement.
The Deep Space Network
…is in deep kimchi.
I always thought it was stupid to put up cubesats on SLS. That had to be a political decision.