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This is a pretty good description of the test program to date, but I think he’s mistaken about the engines for LEO. It wouldn’t make sense to put Merlins in it, because that would mean it would have to carry two different types of fuel.

Business, Economics, Mathematics, Science And Society, Technology and Society

Autonomous Cars

May 5, 2021 Rand Simberg 19 Comments

When they teach themselves to be better drivers than humans.

Business, Space, Technology and Society

SN15

May 5, 2021 Rand Simberg 31 Comments

Looks like it could happen today.

That scrub yesterday resulted in their making history on the 60th anniversary of Shepard's flight. Just like the scrub of the first Shuttle flight resulted in it happening exactly two decades after Gagarin's flight.
— SafeNotAnOption (@SafeNotAnOption) May 5, 2021

Business, Economics, Media Criticism, Space, Technology and Society

NASA Has Selected Its Lunar Lander

May 5, 2021 Rand Simberg 22 Comments

Now comes the fun part.

I’m writing a piece similar to this for The New Atlantis. It’s hard for people who are still thinking in Apollo mode to get their head around just how revolutionary this is.

Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society, War Commentary