Bob Zimmerman isn’t happy with it.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Against Safetyism
Is it a bigger threat than the ones it’s supposed to prevent?
They don’t mention space, but I think that safetyism lies at the heart of Kelly’s and Zach’s concerns.
Starship On Friday?
FAA has issued a NOTAM.
I’ll be at New Worlds in Austin, but they may show it on a big screen there.
Violent Students
Why didn’t MIT expel them?
We know why.
[Update a while later]
More details from the College Fix.
This is appalling.
[Mid-morning update]
On the lack of clarity and courage in higher ed.
[Update a while later]
The absolution of Hamas.
The Next Starship Flight
…could be imminent.
Europe’s Rocket Woes
They’re self inflicted.
European rocket politics are complicated by the “geographic return rule,” which states that each member nation must receive a proportional amount of contracts to the amount of funding it contributes to the space agency. “With the dawn of New Space and the delays in Ariane 6 launcher development, an ongoing debate has emerged about whether geo-return is consistent with the competition and competitiveness that is needed in Europe’s space industry,” Aschbacher wrote in March.
#ProTip: It never was.
World War III
Is the west ready for it?
It wouldn’t seem so.
[Mid-morning update]
The CCP is spending more on defense than America.
Starship
It’s almost showtime.
The Gaza Tunnels
That would be a devastating blow to the terror network.
[BTW, back from DC as of yesterday]
[Update a few minutes later]
Finally, this time Israel will finish the job.
Aliens
If they’re artificially intelligent, they may be stranger than we think.