Category Archives: Technology and Society

Whoa!

This, on a static fire, is a major setback for commercial space in general, and Blue Origin in particular. More anon.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Eric Berger has the latest.

It strikes me a that this may have been a demonstration of the recently discovered explosive potential of LOX/methane, which Dugway tests showed was equivalent to TNT.

[Friday-morning update]

Stephen Green has the latest at PJMedia.

We’ll see how fast they can recover, but it certainly puts more pressure on SpaceX to get through their mishap investigation and get back to testing.

The New Iran “Deal”

Yes, Donald, stop talking about a deal with Iran. Just defeat them.

[Update a couple minutes later[

Win or lose, the old Iranian regime’s fate is sealed.

And yes, it should be viewed as an opportunity for UN reform.

[Update a while later]

The shadow cabinet of Soros (which lies at the root of a lot of this mess). DataRepublican follows the money.

The Bronze Age

Interesting. I would think that the recent explosion of tech would be a similar driver, but it’s happening too fast to affect natural selection.