Amidst all of the viciousness on social media, it’s nice to see people from all sides of the aisle coming together in grief at the loss of a colleague’s young daughter.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
SpaceX’s Success
In which Drew Johnson doesn’t know WTF he’s talking about.
#ProTip, Drew. If you’re worried about taxpayer money being wasted on space progress, go dig into SLS/Orion.
Nashville
Gee, who might be motivated to set off a bomb on Christmas morning?
[Update a while later]
Police swept apartment buildings before the explosion, perhaps saving many lives. I wonder if there was a tip?
[Update a couple minutes later]
Steven Kruiser is collecting links.
[Late-afternoon update]
Thoughts from Glenn Reynolds.
Yes, it does look like a rehearsal for an infrastructure attack. Or was it AT&T that was the target?
[Saturday-morning update]
A speculative Twitter thread.
A Match Made In Hell
Apparently this is a real commercial for match.com.
Biden And Climate
He’s not fixing a crisis; he’s creating one.
The notion that the Democrats are the “party of science” is ludicrous.
Space Resources
A new player, from China.
I wonder to what degree the CCP is involved?
Growing Organs
…for human transplantation. Fortunately, I’m not currently in need of any, but faster, please.
SPD-6
Enabling space nuclear systems.
I think history will record that Trump had a much greater effect on space policy than any president since Reagan.
SLS Safety
Some thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
I’d be concerned if I thought that NASA was really going to use this vehicle for anything serious.
Space Transports
Clark Lindsey has the latest roundup, featuring SN8.