How not to do it.
I abjectly apologize for the delays, but I can pretty much guarantee that, as a result, my book will not look like it was.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Ethanol
Shockingly, the EPA is doing something sensible. They really need to take the stupid law off the books entirely, though.
Robotic Mules
Heisenberg, Call Your Office
Detecting photons without changing their quantum state.
The “Cutting-Edge” SLS
These aerospace execs are living in some kind of alternate reality. Or at least pretending to, to placate the Congressional porkers.
Low-Cost Propellant Depots Habitats
Jon Goff has some thoughts.
I’d note, though, that Bigelow prefers the adjective “expandable,” rather than “inflatable.”
ObamaCare Explained
Questions and answers from Holman Jenkins and Stephen Green
By Any Other Name
OK, so what’s to keep someone, or multiple someones (competition!) from setting up off-shore gambling sites where, based on their age, gender, medical and family history, people can make bets on whether or not their annual medical expenses will exceed some selected amount? Currency controls?
The fact that the federal government would fight this is a stark testament to what a huge encroachment on liberty this monstrosity is.
No, Veronique
The moon is not Antarctica.
Many of the “rocks have rights” crowd would like it to be, though. One of the problems with the Outer Space Treaty was that it was modeled on the Antarctic Treaty.
[Update a few minutes later]
Oh, Paul, please:
With launch costs of thousands of dollars per pound (and unlikely to come down significantly for the foreseeable future)
They are likely to come down to hundreds, or tens of dollars per pound within a decade, now that we have some actual competition and innovation happening in the industry.
Peak Office
Has America hit it? It’s probably the most likely trend to reduce traffic congestion in LA.