Good luck with this.
Category Archives: Space
The House NASA Authorization Bill
It was just released, and at first glance, it appears to be a disaster. More anon.
[Saturday-morning update]
No moon in 2024, must use SLS to get to the moon, not allowed to do anything on the moon that would help with Mars, not allowed to purchase commercial landing services, not allowed to do any exploration at the South Pole for ice.
Saturday-afternoon update]
Here‘s Jeff’s story.
[Monday-morning update]
It’s the greatest hits of terrible space policy.
[Bumped]
[Update a while later]
[Late-morning update]
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation has weighed in.
The Planetary Society isn’t happy, either.
Starliner
I said post mission that I saw no need for another uncrewed demonstration prior to a crewed flight, but this story is changing my mind on that. Just how many ways can Boeing screw up?
Tomorrow’s Abort Test
Here’s the story from Emilee Speck.
There’s no instantaneous launch window, and while launch weather looks good, recovery weather looks maybe iffy for the beginning of the window. I think the odds of it actually launching at the beginning of the window are sufficiently low that I’m not going to drag myself out of bed at 0430 on a Saturday morning to view it.
[Saturday-morning update]
I made the right choice; scrubbed for weather.
[Sunday noon update]
Looks like it went off without a hitch. Bob Zimmerman has some thoughts.
[Bumped]
Starship
My Reason Article
Thoughts on it, from Above the Law.
Socialism
…in spaaaaaace. My latest, at Reason.
That Dumb Quillette Article About Mars
Isaac Asimov
A prolific writer, and prodigious groper of women.
The Space Force
Its establishment is just the end of the beginning.