I hadn’t realized that the Air Force had given NG over half a billion for The Stick. I hope that this is the last of the money that will be wasted on it.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
SN9
Bob Zimmerman has a post up about today’s planned flight.
If it happens, it will have happened on the 35th anniversary of the loss of Challenger, and on my birthday.
[Update a few minutes later]
Looks like winds are too high, so they’ll miss the anniversary.
[Afternoon update]
Well, it looks like they are going to try today. They’re loading propellant, but there seems to be an FAA issue.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Well, here‘s what we know so far.
Home Defense
News you can use: Good shotguns for not a lot of money. I’ve been thinking about getting a Mossberg.
End Run
Trump may not be able to tweet any more, but Big Tech can’t stop him from sending emails. Here‘s the new website.
Recipe Bloggers
Why they make you read so far to get to the recipe.
“Journalists”
Canceling The Cancelers
O’Neill Cylinders
At Ceres?
The timeline seems a mite ambitious.
Delaying Aging
A new genetic therapy, from China, seems promising.
Brave
Another reason to switch to it from Chrome.
I’m trying to disengage from Google as much as I can. I never use my Gmail account except as a backup when my own mail server is down, but I don’t know what to do about a phone. Realistically, for now, it’s Apple or Android.