Category Archives: Technology and Society

If this works, and scales, it could solve Cambria’s (and California’s, and many other places) water problem.

How Much Would It Cost To Live In Space?

A meaningless article. No one is going to pay those kinds of costs to live in space. Fortunately, they won’t have to.

…in spaaaaace. In half a decade.

I’m skeptical, but it would be great obviously if it works, and I’m glad that DIU is funding things like this.

[Update a few minutes later]

Link added now, sorry.

Why wasn’t it invented earlier?

An interesting Twitter thread by Phil Metzger, who’s been working the issue for a while. I haven’t reviewed it in any detail.

According to the OIG, the second launch tower is a schedule/cost nightmare.

[Noon update]

Here‘s Eric Berger’s take.

[Afternoon update]

Further thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.

Eight ones that are safe to eat anyway.

Since I’ve started cooking sous vide, I’ve been using the vacuum sealer for freezer bags. It seems to pretty much eliminate any freezer burn.