It adapts to defeat.
Yes, China is a threat, but he doesn’t mention the recent launch failures.
Category Archives: Space
SN4 Success So Far
The prototype finally passed a cryo pressure test.
Space Startups And The Plague
Rick Tumlinson has a pretty good op-ed.
Space Resources
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.
[Friday update]
Chris Johnson, of the Secure World Foundation, has a long disquisition explaining the background and purpose of the Executive Order.
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[Update Sunday morning]
Another take from Professor Michelle Hanlon. And a longer-than-necessary one from Dimitra Stefoudi.
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Death By Meteorite
The first credible evidence of it. These aren’t the ones we really need to worry about, though, and there’s not much we could do about them if we did. We need to focus on the city killers (or worse).
International Institute Of Space Law
I’ve just been notified that I am now a member.
[Update on Friday afternoon]
Their website, for the curious. I had to submit a membership application, with my CV, and be approved by their board, which happened a month ago, but I only found out this week. Fortunately, one of the officers is a friend. I also know many people on the board.
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FAA-AST
They’ve completed their reorganization to ramp up launch activity. But I thought they were going to be restored to their own office reporting to the SecDOT? Is that not happening?
Boeing
Will it still be able to charge a premium for its vaunted “spaceflight expertise”?
Boeing had been riding on its laurels for too long a time. As I noted in the book, companies don’t have experience; people do. With Gerst gone, there’s a new sheriff in town at NASA.
A New Fundamental Theory Of Physics
Has Wolfram found one?
Haven’t read this yet, but I’m looking forward to it.