It’s only 44% over budget.
At what point will it be generally recognized what a fiasco SLS is? Maybe when Starship flies?
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Al Worden
America’s Micro And Macro Efforts
…to combat the epidemic. At the least, it’s an interesting experiment.
[Update a few minutes later]
Meanwhile, the Manchurian media.
[Update w while later]
South Korea infections are dropping; what’s the key to its success?
Basically, testing and tracing. I’ll feel better once there’s a lot more testing going on here.
[Update late morning]
When will it be over, and how will be know? TL;DR, it’s about getting R naught below 1.
Meanwhile, despite the slow start, there’s a lot we can be proud of.
When The Virus Departs
The world will be changed.
Yes, and in many ways, for the better.
The Gateway
…has been taken off the critical path for 2024.
This is probably the beginning of the end for it. Long before 2026, it will have become very clear that the road to the planets lies with the private sector, not NASA.
The Toyota A/C
The A/C in our RAV4 quit working a few weeks ago (we discovered it during a winter heat wave in January). Turns out that the condenser sprung a leak, and won’t hold refrigerant. A new one is $278 from AutoZone. I’ve been looking at the manual, trying to work up the gumption to replace it. I called a local shop to get a quote on labor, and he told me they’re not doing A/C work right now, because they think discharging the system is too risky for lungs, but when they start doing it again, it would be about $600, including recharging it. Fortunately, it’s a cool, rainy week, and repairing it isn’t urgent, even with our planned trip up the coast this weekend.
A Revolutionary New Concept
The Europeans are thinking about building a rocket that retrofires and lands vertically. Eric Berger brings the snark.
The Left’s Pet Issues
…like mass transit, dense housing, and reusable bags and straws are a public-health disaster. I was predicting this about California since they passed that stupid plastic-bag ban.
[Update a while later]
Plastic had fallen out of favor, but the virus is bringing it back.
Herd Immunity
Thoughts from Arnold Kling.
We need to start testing as many as possible as soon as possible.
[Update early afternoon]
Ten ways the Left has politicized the pandemic.
Only ten?
[Update a while later]
The vast majority of spread has been coming from the asymptomatic. We need to start testing early and often.
[Update Tuesday morning]
Chloriquine continues to look promising, particularly if it really can be prophylactic.
Update a few minutes later]
No, China is not our friend. And I agree that media shills for it should be named as enemies of the American people.
[Mid-afternoon update]
I just asked my doctor if she could write a prescription for chloriquine. She couldn’t.
[Update a few minutes later]
Bob Zimmerman: The unwarranted panic.
[Update a while later]
Hitler isn’t happy about being quarantined.
Space Setback For China
The inaugural launch of Long March 7 failed. This is pretty significant.