I’m sure that you will be as shocked as I am that NASA won’t have a permanent lunar base until the 2030s.
[Afternoon update]
Category Archives: Space
Lightyear
Reviews of the new Pixar flick, from Peter Suderman (who I finally met, a couple months ago in Nashville) and Sonny Bunch. Neither are impressed. Bunch is particularly brutal.
Ariane 6
…is delayed again.
I told Clay Mowry years ago (before he went to work for Blue Origin) that Ariane 6 would be obsolete before it flew.
Space Solar Power
It’s becoming a hot topic again. Now the Chinese are interested.
Nuclear Reactors
I met Vanessa a few years ago at a CONFERS meeting.
Good News From Boca Chica
[Update early afternoon]
Bob Zimmerman says that the good news is mitigated.
[Update a while later]
Elon may have to pull an all-nighter for those history reports.
How Much Would It Cost To Live In Space?
A meaningless article. No one is going to pay those kinds of costs to live in space. Fortunately, they won’t have to.
Fusion
…in spaaaaace. In half a decade.
I’m skeptical, but it would be great obviously if it works, and I’m glad that DIU is funding things like this.
[Update a few minutes later]
Link added now, sorry.
NASA And UAPs
Nadia Drake has thoughts.
The Economics Of Space Resources
An interesting Twitter thread by Phil Metzger, who’s been working the issue for a while. I haven’t reviewed it in any detail.