Almost a quarter of Democrats think that men can get pregnant.
The Space Cultural War
There is one, but it is not Moon versus Mars.
What Was Old Is New Again
Whoever had the brilliant idea of building a rocket out of 1970s technology apparently was unaware, or had amnesia about all the problems caused by hydrogen with the Shuttle.
[Thursday-afternoon update]
“I would simply say to you that space is hard,” he said at an August 27 briefing when asked what lessons NASA could take from the extended delays in SLS’s development. “We are developing new systems and new technologies, and it takes money and it takes time.”
Yes, space is hard. It’s even harder when you make terrible design choices in order to provide a jobs program for existing workers and contractors. There is little new about either these systems or technologies.
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Off To Denver
We’re flying this afternoon, and will be back in a week, but I’ll have computers there.
[Update on September 8th]
OK, I decided to just take a break, other than a couple posts. We went up into Rocky Mountain National Park, and did a lot of chores at the place in Golden.
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In Biden’s America
…those who do the right thing are punished.
Plus, thoughts from Pennsylvanians and Mike Rowe.
Frank Drake
RIP, and condolences to Nadia and the rest of the family.
Mikhail Gorbachev
…follows the Soviet Union into the grave.
The Kherson Counteroffensive
…appears to have begun.
Hangar Queen
This is not my shocked face.
“We don’t launch until it’s right,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in remarks on NASA TV about half an hour after the scrub. “It’s just illustrative that this is a very complicated machine.”
Ya think?
I was always amused when NASA would say that the Shuttle was “the most complex machine in the world,” as though that was a point of pride. One of the many stupid things about the SLS design is that it uses hydrogen from sea level to orbit. Shuttle was down for weeks once with a pesky hydrogen leak. This concept combines all of the worst features of the Shuttle with none of the best. But, hey, it creates lots of jobs.
[Tuesday-morning update]
So this ended up being another failed wet dress rehearsal.
I wonder how much pressure they feel to get to orbit before Starship?
[Wednesday-morning update]
The real space race.
Look at who the Chinese are copying. They’re not stupid enough to want to build anything resembling SLS.