A long but interesting history of the war, and its potential outcomes. None are good for Putin (as it should be).
“The Road To The Stars Is Now Open”
That was Korolev’s quote from sixty-five years ago, when Sputnik launched.
[Afternoon update]
It’s also the eighteenth anniversary of the flight that won the X-Prize. I missed this at the time, but I’m greatly saddened to learn that my friend (and office mate at Rotary Rocket in the 90s), Brian Binnie, died a couple weeks ago.
I hadn’t realized that he finally published his book. I read and offered to publish a draft of it years ago, but at that time, he wasn’t able to publish it due to constraints from Northrop Grumman. I wonder what changed?
On Biden’s Impeachment
The Coal-Miner’s Daughter
RIP, Loretta Lynn. She was a ground breaker.
Climate And Hurricanes
I’m sure that you’ll be as shocked as I am to learn that the media is lying about it.
The Onion
…files an amicus brief in support of parody, and it’s exactly what you’d expect.
Tannenberg Revisited
History appears to be repeating itself in Ukraine.
Norm Augustine
The Coming SCOTUS Term
I continue to be annoyed when even conservatives describe the controversy over wedding cakes as “baking” them, when the issue is the decoration of them.
[Update a while later]
Future Space Settlers
…should emulate the Pilgrims.