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Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Crew Dragon Mission
There was a little more damage than expected.
But it sounds like it’s not a big deal.
Starlink
It’s getting early rave reviews.
Life Extension
Silicon Valley CEOs
Why they’re such raging psychopaths.
This Looks Like A Blast
Combining hypersonics with directed-energy for drag reduction?
The Future Of Space
…is women.
I approve. But Bonnie’s point is well taken. No woman should want to be selected for a mission simply because of her genital configuration. And of course, I think that Artemis is the Lady Ghostbusters sequel to Apollo.
Commercial Space Habitats
Blue Origin is considering getting into the game.
[Mid-morning update]
A commenter suggests that BO could pick up some of the people that Bigelow laid off. Maybe, but in thinking about it, I think that Bigelow’s “expandable” concepts have possibly missed the train, in the coming age of cheap launch, the large fairing of Spaceship, and orbital assembly.
Moore’s Law
…is alive and well?
Progress In Boca Chica
[Update a while later]
More progress: Flaps, and a first glimpse of Super Heavy.