There may be less than previously thought.
That doesn’t mean, of course, that there isn’t enough to be very useful. After all, we used to think there was none at all.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Learning Period
Michael Lopez-Allegria says don’t let it expire.
AI and Leviathan
The third part of a series of essays by Sam Hammond.
GAO On SLS
The Green-Energy Inflation-Reduction Act
Yeah, I’m shocked, too.
Pixel Valhalla
A long but interesting discourse on the current state of men and women.
Boom
The company’s first test flight is coming soon in Mojave. I don’t get this, though: “Aviation startup Boom Technology’s XB-1 demonstrator jet has moved from a hangar in Centennial, Colorado, to the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.”
How did it “move”? I can’t imagine how it could have been transported on the ground, unless it was in pieces. That implies that it must have self ferried, so it’s already has its first flight. I guess this will be the first supersonic flight.
[Afternoon update]
Sorry, I put in the link.
Charging Stations
…need to be more like gas stations.
They also need affordable reliable electricity, and to be as ubiquitous as gas stations, if electric cars are ever going to be a serious thing. I know a lot of people with Teslas, but they admit that they’re not for road trips.
Should We Stay Or Should We Go?
Peter Hague responds to a dumb polemic at Quillette.
One of the foundational problems of space-policy discussions is the apparent inability of many to distinguish between space exploration, and space settlement.
The Deep Space Network
…is in deep kimchi.
I always thought it was stupid to put up cubesats on SLS. That had to be a political decision.