The advantages of a free economy.
[Update a while later]
This seems related somehow, from The Bee.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
A Nice Story
Midnight Basketball For The Russians
After almost three decades, it’s time to put an end to it. It failed.
The Space Resource
I just discovered a good monthly newsletter. The latest issue is out.
Apollo 15
On the fiftieth anniversary of the landing, Bob Zimmerman has some thoughts.
Space Rescue
This looks like an interesting report.
A Cautionary Tale?
Karl Gallagher has started a new SF series that sadly resonates with what’s happening on this planet today.
The Auto Chip Shortage
This hits literally close to home. I haven’t talked to my brother, but I’ll bet that one of the plants being shut down is the Flint plant (the last remaining GM plant in the town where GM was born). He had been getting a lot of overtime, but I suspect that he’s not working now.
Space Traffic Management And Orbital Debris
I haven’t read it yet, but the Reason Foundation just put out a policy paper by Rebecca van Burken.
Failure To Launch
A disquisition on Blue Origin’s future. It has been disappointing, and it looks like it may continue to be. And I’m sure that Tory Bruno is frustrated as hell.