Clark is blogging a panel on how the media cover space, to which it looks like Instapundit was a last-minute addition (he’s not listed in the program).
[Evening update]
Clark has a new post up on the spaceport panel.
Category Archives: Space
More ISDC Blogging
Clark Lindsey blogs a panel on interactions between private space and the government, that sounds interesting. Unfortunately, because there are so many parallel tracks at an ISDC, it’s not possible for one person to cover everything, but he does his best with a report on the space-based solar power session and lunar regolith processing.
And Glenn Reynolds is there now, due to speak shortly, topic TBD. Wish I could have made it this year. I managed to have dinner and drinks with him last year in Dallas (first time I’d seen him in years).
ISDC Blogging
Clark Lindsey is live blogging Will Whitehorn’s and Elon Musk’s presentations.
Space Investment Summit
I Hate When That Happens
It’s a pretty common occurrence for a little kid to be disappointed when he loses his grip on his balloon, but this is in a different class entirely:
The former paratrooper had hoped his “Big Jump” — starting 40 kilometers (25 miles) above the Earth’s surface — would set new records for the highest jump, fastest and longest free fall and the highest altitude reached by a man in a balloon.
But those hopes drifted away over the plains of Saskatchewan in Canada when the balloon escaped.
I think he should give up on the balloon thing, and just wait for a rocket ride.
So What’s With Rocketplane?
So What’s With Rocketplane?
So What’s With Rocketplane?
So, What’s Wrong With Capsules?
Frequent commenter “Habitat Hermit,” commenting on my Space Show appearance on Sunday, wrote:
There’s still plenty of room for disagreements –I have some myself (perhaps even a big one when it comes to capsules although it depends on the details, I think they’ve still got lots of more or less unexplored potential…
I agree that there are lots of interesting concepts for capsules and their recovery modes. But that’s beside the point. The reason that I don’t like capsules, of any form, is quite simple. They imply that the only part of the vehicle (at least the upper stage of it) that returns is the capsule. Hence they imply at least a partially, if not fully expendable launch system. I don’t believe that we are going to seriously open up space by continuing to throw hardware away.
So, What’s Wrong With Capsules?
Frequent commenter “Habitat Hermit,” commenting on my Space Show appearance on Sunday, wrote:
There’s still plenty of room for disagreements –I have some myself (perhaps even a big one when it comes to capsules although it depends on the details, I think they’ve still got lots of more or less unexplored potential…
I agree that there are lots of interesting concepts for capsules and their recovery modes. But that’s beside the point. The reason that I don’t like capsules, of any form, is quite simple. They imply that the only part of the vehicle (at least the upper stage of it) that returns is the capsule. Hence they imply at least a partially, if not fully expendable launch system. I don’t believe that we are going to seriously open up space by continuing to throw hardware away.