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My Space Property-Rights Project
I’m not being funded for it this year, but I’m wondering who would like to contribute to keeping it going, if I do a Kickstarter? I’d need about twenty grand, much of it for required travel (including, potentially, Dubai for IAC in the fall). It would be to promote the ideas in my IAC paper from last fall.
[Thursday-morning update]
OK, to brainstorm a little bit, if I do a Kickstarter (as opposed to a GoFundMe or something else), any suggestions for rewards? Maybe a signed copy of the multilateral agreement(s)?
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Right To Repair
Sacramento County says it is illegal to work on your own car in your own garage.
Californians should be stocking up on tar and feathers.
“Rational” Gun Policy
Finally, a presidential candidate willing to take a brave stand against fifty-clip guns.
Do these people have any comprehension of how stupid they sound?
[Update a few minutes later]
Oh, and by the way, being fired by Trump does not make you a Holocaust victim.
[Update Wednesday afternoon]
“We will oppress you if you elect us.”
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Climate Extremists
We need to fight them before they upend society.
The Thresher
After almost six decades, they’re finally going to release the documents. This was one of the case studies I did for NASA when I was supporting S&MA at HQ a decade and half ago, but even at that time, questions remained. This may answer them.
Gerst
He’s been hired by SpaceX. That may give him a new perspective on things.
[Update early afternoon]
Here‘s Eric Berger’s take.
The Socialist Temptation
Last time I was in DC, a couple weeks ago, I tried to have lunch with Iain Murray, but it turned out that he wasn’t downtown, but was at home writing a forthcoming book.
It seems a little spendy, though, if you want to get young people to read it (which should be the goal). Maybe they’ll also have an ebook.
[Update a while later]
If you click here, you’ll tell the publisher that you’d like to see a Kindle edition.
Secrecy
How do we survive it?