New York Times, Zero.
Hint to the Gray Lady editors: the plural of anecdote is not data. And in this case, it wasn’t even plural.
Another instance of why all the news that’s fit to print often isn’t.
You Don’t Say
Few Americans see Barack Obama as a strong military leader. Well, admittedly, it’s one of the few things that he didn’t lie about to get elected. Like many Democrats, he can’t bring himself to use the word “win” in conjunction with “war” time-limited, scope-limited military action.
Obviously, he has studied Sun Tzu’s “The Art Of Time-Limited, Scope-Limited Military Action.”
Dampening The Asteroid Mining Market
Behold: a carbon-nanotube catalyst that’s over six hundred times more effective than platinum.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sorry, that was sloppy. More cost-effective (that is, cheaper) than platinum, not six hundred times better as a catalyst.
This Explains So Much
According to noted exobiologist Hugo Chavez, life on Mars was destroyed by capitalism.
No Orbital Animals For Iran
Remember that goofy press story a few days ago about Iran putting a “life capsule” in a 75-mile orbit?
Well, I just got confirmation from the JSpOC that it was indeed nonsense:
According to our Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC): “Our sensors did not detect, identify or track any space launch from Iran of the type described. No new object originating from Iran was entered into the orbiting satellite catalogue.”
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Very Respectfully,
Rodney E. Ellison Jr., Civ
Media Operations
U.S. Strategic Command
Public Affairs Office (J020)
901 SAC Blvd. Suite 1A1
Offutt AFB, NE 68113-6020
AP and the BBC probably just bungled the Farsi translation, when it was clearly suborbital.
Dictators And Incentives
Some thoughts.
Time To Stop The Nonsense
Florida Today reads the riot act to Congress over its idiotic space policy dithering.
[Update a few minute later]
“Half-Assed Bushism”
Some thoughts on the lack of leadership from the White House on Libya.
[Update a while later]
Foreign policy in a ditch.
Time To End The Fed?
It’s worth thinking about.
Solving The Real Problem
One of the most bizarre aspects of contemporary space policy is the degree to which the policy establishment has completely thrown in the towel on reducing the cost of access to orbit, as exemplified by the Senate Launch System. Stewart Money lays out the technical issues on the off chance that the community will come to its senses and decide that this is an important goal.