“I will simply print another one.”
Clearly, the solution is to ban printers.
The Problem With Science
…is scientists:
Before I go on, I should note that my objection to Professor Weinberg’s essay is the stupidity and crudeness of its argument; I largely agree with his position about funding ambitious science. In fact, it is because I agree with his position on Big Science that the rest of his essay vexes me. His good point is wrapped in a wrongheaded and poisonous generality; it’s like serving an ice-cream sundae in a bowl shaped like Andrew Cuomo’s face.
Note also Weinberg’s ignorant bashing of ISS. It’s so funny that he thinks it’s about science.
Also read Charles W. Cooke’s appropriately pitiless (as Kevin says) take down of the Neil deGrasse Tyson cult. [Note, it’s behind a paywall]
“NASA Is Back With A Vengeance”
A regurtitated and unironic PAO release at the Huffington Post, UK.
I love all these references to the “most powerful rocket” ever. It’s like the agency is being run by Tim the Tool Man Taylor.
Firefly Alpha
Jeff Foust reports on the new launch company’s first planned product, and wonders if there’s a market for it.
Auditing The IRS
Time to turn the tables on them:
From testimony by the nation’s archivist, we know the IRS destroyed e-mails, contrary to federal law. From IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, we know it did so even though they were evidence in another case.
If the IRS indeed has nothing to hide, the best way to prove it is to get that independent audit True the Vote is asking for.
Indeed. Why would they object.
Unless, of course, they have something to hide. Which looks more likely by the day.
The Big Fat Silence
It’s time to end it:
…if one has been teaching that high-fat diets can lead to heart attacks for 30 years but then finds that this may not be true, or that, indeed, more fat and less carbohydrate in the diet may be beneficial to one’s health and longevity, feelings of discomfort can result. Subconscious mechanisms may then keep enduring convictions firmly in place for extended periods of time, despite evidence to the contrary.
And it’s hard to confront the fact that you may have been responsible for the poor health and lives cut short of people you’ve been advising.
Apollo 45th Anniversary
I talked to Buzz yesterday, and he’s promoting a huge social-media celebration of the event (the actual anniversary is a week from Sunday).
[Update a while later]
Remembering Bill Gaubatz
Jeff Foust has a piece up at The Space Review.
Jerry Ross
Well, this is kind of a frightening interview.
That he was allowed to manage anything at NASA explains a lot.
Obama Wants An Asteroid
I think that Alex Brown is misunderstanding the politics of this. It’s not really a partisan issue, except to the degree that Republicans don’t like or trust Obama.