An article on the law. That’s a space-law blog of which I was previously unaware.
A Cheaper Lunar Mission
Charles Miller, no longer with NASA, has a piece at Florida Today about how to get back to the moon for less money. He also has one at the Journal, but it’s for subscribers only (though it may become available in a few days). Mitt should fire Mike Griffin, and hire Charles.
Junk Science
A double fail by the Left.
Climate Change
The fact that the media and popular culture and academia have veered from one panic-inducing disaster scenario to another one which completely contradicts the first one is funny enough in its own right. But reading The Weather Conspiracy: The Coming of the New Ice Age opened my eyes to an even more significant aspect of this serial crisis-mongering:
The “solutions” prescribed to solve both Global Warming and the looming Ice Age are exactly the same.
In both cases, proponents of the theory-du-jour say that in order to stave off disaster, we must reverse the march of civilization, stop our profligate use of carbon-based fuels, cede power and money from the First World to the Third World, and wherever possible revert to a Luddite pre-industrial lifestyle.
Gee, it’s almost like there’s a political agenda behind this stuff.
Why Star Wars Sux
Almost Into Space
Wow. Armadillo’s most recent flight went to 82 kilometers. Not without a hitch, but they got it back, probably able to fly again.
The Holder Hearing Recap
For those interested in things other than the Donald circus show, some appalling but unsurprising things happened in the House hearing this morning.
The Feminist Left
…and its sick moral equivalences.
Dana On Newt
Whoa:
“I think that it is unrealistic to think that we could establish a moon base by 2020, even if we spent all the money in the world,” Rohrabacher said. “[It’s] just going to bankrupt every other program.”
Rohrabacher said Gingrich is a visionary thinker “who can paint pictures for people of what a bright future we could have. But he doesn’t have the management and leadership abilities to lead those to fruition.”
I actually disagree. I think that we could easily get back to the moon by 2020, for less money than NASA is currently spending, but only if it is important, and Congress doesn’t dictate how to do it. In other words, we can’t do it.
Dear Thunderbird
Why is that lately I’ve been having to rummage through my spam folder to find valuable emails, from people I actually know? #BayesianFilterFail