Here is what I wrote in the immediate aftermath of the loss of Columbia. You can follow the link to “Next Post” at the bottom to see subsequent posts in the subsequent days. My first speculative guess (TPS damage) turned out to be correct.
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A golden oldie from that time.
Recommendations for fixing NASA from Bob Zubrin (I haven’t read the whole thing yet).
RIP, and good riddance. We drive past it on the way to/from Vegas. I’ve seen the thing from the air. I won’t miss it.
Heavy rhetorical focus on diversity at today’s DNC meetings — real record scratch as Trump admin unwinds DEI programs, w Rs confident that this stuff is an electoral loser. pic.twitter.com/1JUaancxc8
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) January 31, 2025
They’ve learned nothing; they’ve forgotten nothing. Vance will get 400+ electoral votes.
And yes, got back from Orlando last night.
I’m at DFW, on my way to Orlando via West Palm Beach, to attend the Global Spaceport Alliance, Space Mobility, and SpaceCom conferences, so posting will probably be light.
I’m flying to Orlando tomorrow for three space conferences through Thursday. I’ll take my laptop, but posting may be sporadic.
How to make it a reality.
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Donald Trump is a great man of history.
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Advice to Pete Hegseth from Kurt Schichter.
Some unsolicited advice for @PeteHegseth from another combat arms field grade…
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 25, 2025
Social media and conservative media is already full of examples of open resistance to your leadership. We’re seeing it from the Air Force in particular. See, e.g.: https://t.co/8r7IxuyoqU
They…
Pete is probably way ahead of him, which is why the Democrats and RINOs fought his nomination.
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Understand what happened with Pete Hegseth's nomination and confirmation.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) January 25, 2025
Pete was overwhelmingly supported by the veterans' community. We know he is a dirty boots warrior who has the gumption to straighten out the mess that is the DoD, and collectively we have been his…
Let’s get back to the Constitution.
This might be one of the best reddit posts I've seen in a while no cap fr fr pic.twitter.com/hAlc6mxbVh
— Dorian Develops (@DorianDevelops) January 23, 2025
…needs to sue everybody.
They won’t stop this nonsense until it becomes very painful.