Cold War 2 will last longer than my remaining lifetime. My guess is it will finish in space, the winner being the first civilization to commercialize and tap the resources of the solar system. The age of sail but on steroids.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 21, 2022
Category Archives: Space
Mo Brooks
Any senator from Alabama is probably going to support SLS, but at least it won’t be a senator from Huntsville. And she won’t be chairman of the appropriations committee.
“Are You Guys F**cking High?”
On the latest kerfuffle at SpaceX.
[Saturday-morning update]
[Bumped]
[Update Tuesday morning]
Cheers to Elon Musk for finally saying “no” to whiny, entitled millennial babies.
Though to be fair, I don’t think that Felicia Sonmez is a millennial.
[Bumped again]
And The Hits Just Keep On Coming
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]
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.