Why is JPL building them?
On top of the point that they still have to be mass produced, we now have a surplus, and we’re finding out that in many cases we don’t need them (and may have been killing people with them).
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Related Twitter thread. Pronation seems to be more effective and safer than ventilators.
Hey, they’ve only been working on it for a decade. Of course it may have a leaky fuel tank.
…get a bigger hammer.
They’re going to attempt to land both side boosters at sea.
Is it (finally) bringing fusion closer to reality?
That would be nice. Especially if we can also use it for space propulsion.
A history. I don’t think that the 2015 law was a “blow” to the OST, though.
It adapts to defeat.
Yes, China is a threat, but he doesn’t mention the recent launch failures.
The prototype finally passed a cryo pressure test.
Rick Tumlinson has a pretty good op-ed.
Glenn told me a few days ago that he was working on a piece for the Journal. It’s up now (but paywalled). He has an excerpt.
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Chris Johnson, of the Secure World Foundation, has a long disquisition explaining the background and purpose of the Executive Order.
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Another take from Professor Michelle Hanlon. And a longer-than-necessary one from Dimitra Stefoudi.
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