A faculty letter, with a lot of impressive names.
The Religion Of “Liberals”
Unlike Gleen Greenwald, I use scare quotes because people who think and behave like this are the farthest thing from actual liberals.
Leaded Aviation Fuel
How to survive the transition to unleaded.
As more airfields adopt this policy, it could cause affect flight plans and significantly impact aircraft owners and pilots, especially those operating high-performance models.
Much like Tesla owners who now plan road trips based on the availability of charging stations along the route, flight plans will need an additional layer of forethought to ensure refueling at an airport still distributing 100LL.
The stakes are considerably higher with aircraft, as one does not simply pull over and wait for AAA to arrive with a portable charger when reserves dip dangerously low.
You don’t say.
Dispatches From White “Progressives”
China In Space
Mike Rogers is concerned.
But he doesn’t lay out any vision or goals of what we should be trying to accomplish. He’s stuck in Sputnic/Apollo mode. It’s just that the race (for whatever it is) is now with China, instead of the USSR.
Maybe I should write an editorial response.
My Birthday
Thanks everyone for the birthday greetings yesterday. Still hoping for many more trips around the sun, and maybe some from beyond Earth.
Lockdowns
I never thought that they would.
[Update a few minutes later]
Why can’t the CDC admit that there’s no solid evidence to support masking in schools?
What little regard I’ve ever had for the CDC has been pretty much dissipated in the past two years.
[Evening update]
First link fixed, sorry!
Octopodes
Are they from outer space?
A Dying Nation
Thoughts from Spengler on the sad future of Ukraine, regardless of what Russia does.
The Inevitable
If we’re going to be servicing satellites (and we are), we have to accept the dual use of the technology. Space is a place.
[Update a few minutes later]
More from Space News.
[Update a while later]
China’s plans to dominate space.