If you want to see how ludicrous SLS is, look at this chart.
That is not a spacefaring civilization.
The Great Walls Of The Midwest
Would these stop tornadoes? And would they be worth the money?
Lunar Gravity
A beautiful map of the field, courtesy of the late GRAIL satellites.
World War I
Did it really end, or are we just entering a new phase?
“When You Raise Taxes And Roll Out Burdensome Regulations”
“…a contracting economy is only a surprise if you’re an idiot. Or a member of this Administration and the press. But I repeat myself.”
Based on Megan McArdle’s assessment that the economy is bad news for Democrats (but, again, good news for liberty in the long run).
The US Alliance With Poland
Poland’s top diplomat thinks it’s worthless.
But to be fair, that’s only because, under Barack Obama, it is.
The VA Scandal
It’s the face of government as it actually exists.
Between ObamaCare, the IRS, the VA, and now the EPA, it’s been a bad year for cheerleaders of big government. Which means a good year for liberty. We’ll see what it means in November.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Note Glenn’s quoting of Pournelle’s law of bureaucracies:
…the strongest priority of most bureaucracies is the welfare of the bureaucracy and the bureaucrats it employs, not whatever the bureaucracy is actually supposed to be doing.
I often say that there are a lot of good people at NASA, and there are. But they are trapped in a similar system.
The Populist Uprising Against Common Core
It’s libertarian, and it’s winning.
We need to abolish the Department of Education.
Here Be Dragons
Stewart Money has a book out on the history of SpaceX.
Today’s Stupid Space House Hearing
Jeff Foust has a report.
[Update a few minutes later]
Frank Morring on why we explore space.
This all misses the real point, which is that exploration is a means to an end. As long as we imagine it’s just a search for knowledge, we can’t possibly justify the insane amount of money (for so little activity) that NASA spends on human spaceflight.