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?
Category Archives: Space
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.
Happy 2020
Looking forward to the New Year will all of my readers. I expect it to be an exciting year for the space industry.
The Global Launch Industry
Bob Zimmerman has a year-end assessment. I expect next year to be a very exciting one, perhaps the most so since 1969.