This would be a great technology for the planet, and off planet. I wonder what it will cost per pound when they scale up production?
Category Archives: Space
Long March 9
Another rocket that, like the SLS, will be obsolete before it first flies.
[Update a while later]
Sorry, first link is fixed.
Starlink
How it’s about to disrupt the telecommunications sector.
Massively, I suspect.
SLS
If you think I’m rough on it, let Casey Handmer tell you what he really thinks.
[Update a while later]
I just read the whole thing, and it’s (justifiably) brutal, particularly toward Boeing.
AEI And Space
I’ve tried to interest AEI in doing more on space policy, and it looks like they’re trying. I know it’s short notice, but this event starts in a little over an hour.
The New Administrator
Well, this is terrible, if true.
Hard to imagine a worse pick. He’s the father of the mother of all Big Monster Rockets. His astronaut nickname was “Ballast.”
[Tuesday noon update]
The politician who said that politicians shouldn’t run NASA wants to run NASA.
Perseverance
Congratulations to JPL on another successful landing. Bob Zimmerman has the latest.
“Scrap The Space launch System”
It’s behind a paywall, but that’s the hed of an editorial at Bloomberg News.
No, It’s Not A “Race”
What matters is not who does it first, but who does it best, and why they’re doing it.
Starship Upgrades
Despite the failure to land so far, it looks like SpaceX is making progress more rapidly than anticipated.
[Afternoon update]
Bob Zimmerman is writing the obituary for SLS. I hope he’s right.