Things finally seem to be on the move again.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Second Amendment
The Supreme Court has fully restored it, by a 6-3 vote.
Initial thoughts from Glenn Reynolds, and Eugene Volokh.
Space Solar Power
The UK seems to be currently leading the way.
[Update a while later]
The link is a little hinky. I don’t know how to link directly, but when you go to it, there is a clickable link in the upper-right corner.
[Saturday-morning update]
Here is a better link.
Marschopper
With the success of the first test, is NASA planning a dedicated helicopter mission?
Cold War II
Starship Troopers
The Pentagon is considering purchasing militarized Starships.
The Societal Design Margin
Thoughts on the degree to which we’ve consumed it.
And The Hits Just Keep On Coming
I’m sure that you will be as shocked as I am that NASA won’t have a permanent lunar base until the 2030s.
[Afternoon update]
Lightyear
Reviews of the new Pixar flick, from Peter Suderman (who I finally met, a couple months ago in Nashville) and Sonny Bunch. Neither are impressed. Bunch is particularly brutal.
Ariane 6
…is delayed again.
I told Clay Mowry years ago (before he went to work for Blue Origin) that Ariane 6 would be obsolete before it flew.