Arianespace has another failure.
I predicted years ago that Ariane 6 would be obsolete before it flew. I suspect that its executives are starting to figure that out now, and are going to have to stop denigrating, and instead start imitating, SpaceX.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Silicon-Valley Fraudsters
Are they today’s robber barons?
As Glenn notes, unlike the Carnegies, Rockefellers and J. P. Morgans, these robber barons haven’t given us much except toxic social media. The exception being, of course, Elon Musk.
Try, Try Again
China’s first attempt to put a methane-fueled rocket into orbit has failed.
The Fifth Estate
The media continues to minimize what was happening at Twitter, and the role of the government, while demonizing Elon Musk.
Two Antithetical Billionaires
The Orbital Debris Problem
An interview with Moriba Jah.
Eugene Volokh
…refuses to be drafted into the speech police.
Avatar, The Way Of Water
…is a damp squib.
I wasn’t as impressed with the original as I was supposed to be, partly because of its anti-capitalism theme.
“Your House Is Glass”
Pop the corn, Elon is going after Brennan.
New MH370 Findings
This is interesting, but sort of a head scratcher.
If the pilot wanted to ensure no debris, wouldn’t the simplest thing to do be to simply dive into the sea? Why glide in with gear down?