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Category Archives: Technology and Society
SpaceX
…broke several records yesterday, including some of its own. It’s worth noting that the Falcon 9 now has demonstrated reliability of 99%.
A New Space History Book
…from Lori Garver (for whom it is first hand) and Michael Sheetz. Here‘s a sample chapter.
Static Fire
Elon
…has passed Bill Gates to become the world’s second-richest person.
That’s good, because I think that Elon is doing much more good with his money than Gates is. And it’s kind of amazing that the two richest men in the world are both intelligently investing in space technology.
Voter Fraud
The crime that must not be mentioned.
Well, it’s understandably a touchy subject for Democrats.
[Update Friday morning]
This is a pretty bold claim. I hope they’re right, but some have pointed out that if they don’t have the proof, they’ve opened themselves up to a defamation suit from Dominion. On the other other hand, this doesn’t look suspicious at all.
Meanwhile, nearly half the electorate thinks that the election was stolen from Trump, including a third of Democrats. And is election fraud possible in America? Sadly, yes, because as he notes, there are no political incentives to eliminate the possibility.
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[Update a few minutes later]
Are Trump’s lawyers big enough to back up their claims?
[Monday-morning update]
Well, this doesn’t seem good. Has Powell gone off the deep end?
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Hyperbaric Oxygen
Can it reverse aging? I’d like to see this replicated. I found this interesting: “The clinical trial was conducted as part of a comprehensive Israeli research program that targets aging as a reversible condition.” [My emphasis]
Too many people in this country still think of aging as an inevitable condition, rather than treating it as a disease to be fought. And Biden’s ghoulish new “health” adviser thinks that we shouldn’t live past 75. Despite the description in the story, I consider him neither a “medical ethicist” or “health-care expert.”
Space Ethics
A call to action. General Kwast and Dr. Sercer were my co-panelists in Omaha last month.
I’m concerned about using the Law of the Sea Treaty as a precedent, given that the Moon Agreement was modeled on it.
A New Prophylactic
An anti-Covid nasal spray.
Arecibo
…we hardly knew ye.
We went up to see it when Patricia was working in San Juan. It was quite impressive, but I wonder if there were maintenance issues? Perhaps they should have replaced the cables before they started to weaken?