Rethinking it.
[Late evening update]
Inside the mind of a Neanderthal.
[Bumped]
Can The Ship Be Salvaged?
An interesting article at the BBC.
Elon’s Problems
…with marriage and rockets — a report from Alan Boyle.
The End Of The Line For USA?
I have the story on the potential end of the company, in a broader industry context, over at Popular Mechanics.
“A Stunningly Stupid Thing To Do”
Newt isn’t pulling any punches on the Keystone decision.
Jim Arnold
He was a great guy, and made a lot of contributions to advancing the cause of space development. I worked with him a lot in the eighties when I was at Rockwell and he was at Scripps (with a beautiful facility on the cliffs in La Jolla). He’ll be missed.
The Oatmeal
…goes after SOPA. Slightly NSFW (some hawt koala/goat lovin’).
Internet Regulation And The Economics Of Piracy
A very good post by Julian Sanchez on why SOPA/PIPA are so bad.
The Commerce Clause
…and its threat to liberty, as currently interpreted. The Supreme Court has a chance to finally get this right, after decades of Wickard-driven federal tyranny, but I fear they won’t.
[Update a while later]
Related: does the Constitution protect the unenumerated right to economic liberty? If not, as Glenn says, the Ninth Amendment is a dead letter.
A 3-D Printer
That uses sun and sand. He should work on a version to test on the moon.