A long essay, from James Poulos. I assume that this will be in the same issue mine and Zubrin’s will be.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Scratch that last. This was apparently in the Spring edition. Ours will be in the Summer edition.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Space Is Not A Global Commons
A Twitter thread from the U.S. representative to COPUOS.
A thread on why outer space is not a global commons! #spacelaw #globalcommons #spacepolicy
1) "Global commons" is an ill-defined term. Different people mean different things: some mean "area beyond territorial jurisdiction", others something political, regarding rights.
— Gabriel Swiney (@Monkeybane_DC) July 16, 2018
Jupiter
Has ten more moons, for a new total of seventy nine. I’m old enough to remember when there were only four.
Photocatalysis
…in weightlessness. I think the solution to all of these sorts of problems is to build large spinning spacecraft. We haven’t been doing it only because space access has been too expensive.
Kill The Pork
There is a new petition on line to kill SLS/Orion and LOPG.
“I Was The Mob”
“…until the mob came for me.”
Climate And Science
A weekly link roundup from Judith Curry.
Hyaluronic Acid
Listening to a medical show in south Florida, hearing someone discuss this. I’d never heard of it, but it sounds like quite a useful supplement.
[Update a few minutes later]
You can buy the product
Commercial Crew
Brendan Byrne has a story on the latest nonsense. What does “solidify [NASA’s] risk tolerance process mean”? I guess I have to read the GAO report (as though I don’t have enough to do).
Joss Wheedon
He’s starting a new SF series on HBO. Could be good.