“We don’t understand climate.”
He’s not wrong.
[Update late morning]
Is climate change like an asteroid, or diabetes? I’d say neither, but to the limited degree that it’s an understood problem, diabetes is a much better analogy.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Security-Clearance Process
…is about to get a long-overdue overhaul for the 21st century. It takes too long, and costs too much. I haven’t had a clearance in over a quarter of a century, and lack of one has probably limited my income opportunities.
Renewables
Why they can’t save the planet.
[Update a while later]
Requirements for a scalable approach to decarbonization.
Flight Of Crew Dragon
The mission seems to have gone flawlessly so far.
But even if it’s a complete success with the recovery on Friday, some will still want to slow walk the first crew flight this year.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Here you go. pic.twitter.com/6X1ODdIRna
— Raumfahrer.net (@Raumfahrer_net) March 3, 2019
[Update a few minutes later]
Lot of links and pics at NASA Spaceflight.
Canada Joins The Gateway
Bob Zimmerman isn’t impressed.
This will make if more difficult to cancel the Gateway, but it’s possible to do a much more effective gateway, and one doesn’t need SLS/Orion to do it.
Space Settlement
A bi-partisan bill has been introduced in the Senate to make it a national goal (and to extend ISS to 2030). More thoughts after I read the draft legislation.
WW II
…in color.
Superconductors
When do they become super?
Ariane And CNES
…are playing catch up with SpaceX. I wonder how many time Ariane 6 will actually fly?
The Fix Was In
The Obama Justice Department prevented the FBI from pursuing the proper charge(s) against Clinton.