Nina Teicholz, author of The Big Fat Surprise
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Ivanpah’s Problems
…could end concentrated solar in the US.
And the birds and pilots rejoiced.
The Lone Wolf Era Of ISIS
…is over.
Goody.
STS-93
A rocket-geek recollection on stoichiometry and flight-propellant reserve from Wayne Hale. The other day he tweeted that he’d been looking through his old files from Shuttle days and was wondering if there’d be a market for a book. I think there would be.
The Latest Email
I’m sure you’ll be as shocked as I am to learn that it reveals that she was very parsimonious with the truth.
Punishing Climate-Change Skeptics
In which my lawsuit (though not me personally) is discussed by my lawyers, in today’s WSJ. It’s now about sixteen months since we argued before the DC appellate court, with no ruling.
Commercial Supersonic
Here’s the latest entry. They seem to have persuaded Virgin into buying ten planes.
They don’t seem to be addressing boom, no mention of transcontinental flight. I have a lot of trouble believing they can do trans-Pacific non-stop. But I’d like to find out more.
Climate Prediction
What a concept. Read the concluding sentence.
An SLS “Explainer”
This is very disappointing, from Popular Mechanics. A real “explainer” would explain why SLS is not in fact going to get astronauts to Mars, and why “power” is not the most important figure of merit for a rocket. Instead, they just regurgitate BS from NASA.
Heading To DC
I’m in the air somewhere over Wyoming on the way to ORD to switch planes for a flight to DCA this afternoon. Attending a workshop on space safety tomorrow. I’ve got Internet, obviously, but what I don’t have is room to type comfortably, given the seat pitch and guy ahead of me reclining. So probably light posting.