…that they’re the ones failing to fund a lunar lander.
And with the questions about safety, they continue to show themselves to be unserious about space.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The FDA
…continues to kill people.
Relaxing Regs?
I’m semi-encouraged by this, but I doubt that it goes far enough. The range rules go back to the 50s, when Our Rockets Always Blow Up. They need to be updated to the 21st century, particularly for reusable vehicles in which shedding parts down range is an anomaly, not routine.
More Progress In Boca Chica
OK, you can fast forward through the bits about “the climate crisis.”
Seventeen Years
Hard to believe it’s been that long since SpaceShipOne first went to space. I live blogged it at the time. Just scroll down.
Musk Versus Bezos
Stop-Start Technology
It looks like Mercedes has figured out how to make it work properly.
I remember we first encountered it about seven years ago while shopping for VWs (we ended up getting a Toyota instead). I’ve been getting it in rental cars a lot lately, and I don’t like it. It seems like its likely to make a starter fail a lot sooner, unless they make it a lot more rugged. If I owned a car with it (that wasn’t like the Mercedes set up) I’d probably disable it.
That Strange Congressional Hearing On Wednesday
It doesn’t have my byline, but I have a blog post up at the SpaceTech Analytics website.
Herpes
People have been waiting for this since the 80s. At that time, it was thought that there was no cure.
The Four Horsemen
Yes, there are existential risks, but climate is not one of them. And if it is, it would be from cooling, not heating.