Second launch attempt, in a few minutes.
[1300 PST update]
Scrubbed again, at the end of the window.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Kids Aren’t All Right
A long but interesting discussion of the mental health crisis among youth.
Room-Temperature Superconductors
It still needs high pressure, but nowhere near as much as previous ones. It will be interesting to see if AI can find others.
Relativity Space
Today may be the day. It’s a little surprising how Long Beach has become such a space hub. A decade ago, there was nothing there.
[Update a while later]
About twenty minutes to launch.
Biden’s Latest Incompetent Appointment
The candidate to run the FAA knows nothing about aviation.
To be fair, the guy who would be his boss (if he survives), Pothole Pete, obviously knows nothing about transportation in general, other than it’s racist.
Upgrade Your AK
“Communism only made one thing that works, and capitalism makes it better.”
A Sea Change In The Industry?
ULA is apparently on the auction block.
I’ve been arguing for years that Boeing and Lockmart should be forced to divest, because a free-range ULA would be much more able to compete with SpaceX (and other potential competitors).
I’m guessing that Boeing has decided that it needs cash more than it needs to continue to keep Tory under control.
The Covid Lab Leak
Life On Earth
…is doomed, without us.
Interesting Acquisition
Vast has purchased Launcher.
I’d like to know where the money behind Vast is coming from.