Who‘s afraid of it?
They continue to fail to understand how revolutionary this vehicle will prove to be. It will change everything about the way we do space activities.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Starship Flight Four
Quite the “Static” Test
Wow. This is apparently what was supposed to be a STATIC FIRE TEST today of a Tianlong-3 first stage by China’s Space Pioneer. That’s catastrophic, not static. Firm was targeting an orbital launch in the coming months. https://t.co/BY9MgJeE7A pic.twitter.com/L6ronwLW1N
— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) June 30, 2024
I’m guessing this will delay their orbital test…
[Update a while later]
If this was the static test, the orbital one will be very exciting.
[Monday-afternoon update]
Brian Wang has more info.
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[Wednesday-morning update]
Jonathan O’Callaghan has the story, with a quote from Your’s Truly.
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Weird LinkedIn Contacts
Twice now I’ve gotten messages from someone who says their boss would like to hire me for my space expertise, but when I say, “Great, email me,” the response is, “Oh, she only communicates via WhatApp and Telegram.” To which my response is that I don’t use WhatsApp for security reasons, and to use Signal, but beyond that, I don’t do business with people who won’t use email. Anyone have any ideas what kind of (likely) scam this?
[Update a couple minutes later]
The most recent exchange:
Me: I can’t do business with someone who only communicates in that manner. In particular. WhatsApp is a security risk. Email me, or do business with someone else.
Unknown person: My boss is very busy and needs to deal with a lot of work emails. You can use Telegram to contact my boss.
Me: I’m a work email. I don’t use either Telegram or WhatsApp. I’m busy, too. What kind of scam is this?
[Update a while later]
Final response: “My boss is also very busy. If you can’t meet my boss’s requirements, stop communicating with me and don’t waste my time. My time is also very precious.”
It’s suggested in comments that they’re after my phone number. That may be it.
The Eternal And Elemental Foe
Yes, the veneer of civilization is thin, and the degrowthers are clueless about it.
I would note, though, that one can believe that manmade climate change is real, and still recognize that all of the plans to try to prevent it are economically insane, and disastrous for civilization.
ChatGPT
…now has PhD-level intelligence, and the poor life decisions to go along with it.
Space Mining
…doesn’t need more international regulation from the UN.
Especially from the UN.
In Which I’m Quoted
Boeing’s Latest Starliner Woes
CNN is generally a terrible news source, at least on politics, but Jackie Wattles is an excellent space reporter.
[Update a few minutes later]
Not space related, but an example of how scurrilous (and hypocritical) CNN can be in general, despite their good reporters.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Is this vehicle cursed?
[Friday-morning update]
The latest, from Jim Meigs.
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[Saturday-afternoon update]
The return is now delayed indefinitely.
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SV Preference Cascade For Trump?
David Sacks is predicting one. I’m sure that there have been a lot of stealth Republicans there for a long time (as there are in LA), but once the dam breaks, they can come out in public.