Tart commentary from Jim Bennett (who I’ll probably see this evening at the Space Settlement Summit in Beverly Hills).
Category Archives: Technology and Society
NASA Safety
An article about Homer Hickam and Yours Truly. They get this wrong, though: “…while Hickam and Simberg may disagree on the value of safety, they may agree that NASA could not afford to suffer such losses, especially considering pressures from Congress and the general public.”
Homer and I do not in fact disagree on the value of safety. Here is his review of the book.
The Education Crisis
We shouldn’t let it go to waste.
The Mess In LA And Long Beach Harbors
The people at Flexport took a tour yesterday. A large part of the solution is (at least temporarily) deregulation. But it will be economically devastating if we don’t fix this soon.
[Update Saturday afternoon]
Problem solved. This is kind of amazing. Petersen is a leader, and a hero.
[Bumped]
Starship
…is still not understood.
[Update Friday afternoon]
The latest SLS follies: This isn’t insane at all.
Immortal Data
My business associate and former XCOR employee Dale Amon is doing an equity crowdfunding on his company in Las Cruces.
Treating Type II Diabetes
A New Space Station
This is interesting. I wonder what orbit it will be in? I’d think they’d want to be co-orbital with ISS.
Virgin Galactic’s Problems
I’ll trade options on that stock, but I wouldn’t buy and hold.
The End Of Risk
…and the end of civilization.