Amazon is entering the race, with a plan for over 3000 satellites.
It’s going to get crowded up there, if all these happen.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
SLS And Moon In 2024
The Indian ASAT Test
Yes, the U.S. response should have been more firm.
Questions Of Science
…when they brook no dissent. Thoughts on the climate echo chamber in the Academy.
Viagra Spam
Any guesses as to why this post is attracting so much of it?
We Need To Increase The Rate
Repairing all of the structurally deficient bridges in the country would take eighty years. And many of the worst are in California. This is a sign of a major societal dysfunction.
Blog Problems
For those who noticed that there was no text appearing in my posts, it was a problem with a plug in for my Twitter feed. I’ve deactivated it.
Dune
They’re shooting a new film version of it.
Potentially unpopular opinion: I think the Dune series, including the original book, is one of the most overrated works in SF.
AOC
…doubles down on dumb. Perhaps, like Joe Biden, she also thinks that Roosevelt went on television after the 1929 market crash.
Zuckerberg’s Regulation Plan
It would be a disaster for free expression (more even than we currently have with social media). It’s basically setting up a barrier to entry to his competition.