I’m hearing that they’re calling the tail number currently under construction “Hope.”
Not sure they thought that one through.
Let the snark commence in comments.
NASA’s Mission To Nowhere
Francis seems to suffer from a lack of imagination:
Space analysts said planning and executing a manned mission to Mars would take years and cost hundreds of billions of dollars.
French wants NASA to head in that direction, and he sees next month’s Orion launch as the inaugural milestone in a long journey.
Still, he’s circumspect.
“Unless we build the rockets and test the spacecraft needed to get into deep space, sending humans to Mars will remain a dream for centuries to come,” French said. “Whether Orion will be the vehicle, and whether it will survive the brutal budgetary cycles of Washington politics for the many years ahead that it will need to be funded, is impossible to say. It’s hard to imagine any other method succeeding.
Space historians often suffer from this malady.
Feminist Bullies
Mollie Hemingway says it’s time to fight back.
[Update a while later]
[Update late morning]
I think the shirt was a poor choice for the occasion, and that a lot of people overreacted to it, and then a lot of people overreacted to the overreaction. That’s what happens with Social Justice Warriors.
Falcon Heavy
Chris Bergin has the story on current status of modifications at the Cape. Launch “as early as next summer.”
Let’s hope.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related: ESA and Arianespace seem to have settled on the design of their next obsolete launch system.
Climate Grubering
Why yes, yes, it is a good phrase.
E. Coli And Radiation
If this is valid, it would have application not to just life extension, but to space travel as well.
Homer, The Philosopher
No, not Simpson, the other one.
Professor Happer
An interview with a climate skeptic.
ViaSat
Interstellar
It is a rejection of climate-change hysteria.
We may work up the gumption to go see it this weekend.
[Update a while later]
Related thoughts from Mark Steyn.