How low can they go?
The good thing about those altitudes is that unless there is active maintenance, their orbits won’t be long lived.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
I’m Sorry, Dave, But I Can’t Do That
ChatGPT is now (among other things) refusing to defend fossil fuel use.
Hail Columbia
Hard to believe it’s been two decades now. Of the three tragic NASA anniversaries, this was the only one that occurred after I started blogging. Here‘s what I wrote about it at the time. Posts are in reverse chronological order, so scroll to the bottom and work your way up.
The Unvaccinated
How they (that is, we) got it right.
Iran And Russia
Some observations from Blake Powers.
Twitter HQ
This seems like an insult to actual flaming dumpsters.
The Coming “Symbolic Analyst” Meltdown
Thoughts on whose jobs are really in jeopardy from the machines.
Starship Performance Update
Wow.
The Anniversary
Thanks for the birthday wishes. Here is what I wrote in 2010 about Challenger.
[Update a while later]
On the thirtieth anniversary, there were still lessons to be learned. In fact, many remain to be learned today, on the thirty-seventh.
After Ten Years
Wayne Hale has been reposting his remembrances of the loss of Columbia.