Boeing really needs this new plane to be successful.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Australia’s Eco-Fundamentalism
CO2 doesn’t cause fires. Fires cause CO2.
[Update a while later]
Jo Nova demolishes the climate nonsense Down Under.
Starliner
I said post mission that I saw no need for another uncrewed demonstration prior to a crewed flight, but this story is changing my mind on that. Just how many ways can Boeing screw up?
Under Trump
…America may be its strongest since the end of WW II. Makes sense to me; we defeated the Soviets, and we’re a net energy exporter.
Tomorrow’s Abort Test
Here’s the story from Emilee Speck.
There’s no instantaneous launch window, and while launch weather looks good, recovery weather looks maybe iffy for the beginning of the window. I think the odds of it actually launching at the beginning of the window are sufficiently low that I’m not going to drag myself out of bed at 0430 on a Saturday morning to view it.
[Saturday-morning update]
I made the right choice; scrubbed for weather.
[Sunday noon update]
Looks like it went off without a hitch. Bob Zimmerman has some thoughts.
[Bumped]
Efficient Aircraft Boarding
Let the slow pokes on first.
This doesn’t address the issue that the benefit of early boarding is room in the overhead for a carry on, now that they’re charging to check.
The Best News On Climate
…you’ve never heard.
Starship
Love Of Reading, And the Death of Publishing
Thoughts from Sarah Hoyt.
When I was a kid, I couldn’t not read things, either.
My Reason Article
Thoughts on it, from Above the Law.