Early tomorrow morning. Best viewed on the left coast and west, since it will be too close to dawn in the east.
Don’t Forget The Lunar Eclipse
Early tomorrow morning. Best viewed on the left coast and west, since it will be too close to dawn in the east.
Don’t Forget The Lunar Eclipse
Early tomorrow morning. Best viewed on the left coast and west, since it will be too close to dawn in the east.
Mutating Computer Worms
This is interesting, and a little disturbing. We’re going to have to come up with better ways to fight these things.
Chickening Out
For some unaccountable reason, Senator Kerry has decided not to sue the Swift Boat Vets for Truth for libel. Beldar gives him one last chance.
I just don’t understand. How can he pass up this golden opportunity to clear his name?
Go To The Back Of The Bus
Well, actually, the back of the airplane. It’s safer there.
I wonder if the statistics would show that you’re better off in an exit row? Particularly in the window seat?
At War With Hypocritical Lunatics
Michael Yon has a second installment of his “Ghosts of Anbar” series:
Some of these men will admit they were insurgents who switched sides because they realized that they are more likely to get what they want with a stable government. Al Qaeda promised them everything under the baking sun, yet al Qaeda killed people who smoked
Watch Out For Flying Pigs
The French are prepared to apologize to Iraq.
Corruption? Or Worse?
A smart Republican presidential candidate will make a big deal out of this story, and promise to do something about it (such as reining in the BATF). It won’t be Rudy, though.
The Space Review
Lots of good stuff over there today. Jeff Foust got an interview with Burt Rutan. I’m not surprised that the accident has caused a delay in engine development (I’d have been surprised if it hadn’t). I am surprised to hear that they’re considering going away from nitrous. What are the other options, if they want to continue to use a hybrid (whose safety Alex Tai continues to tout, a little too much I think)? Peroxide? LOX? They have their problems, too. I wonder if they’ll finally consider releasing control, and giving the work to a propulsion subcontractor that knows what it’s doing (e.g., XCOR, though that would mean a liquid, not a hybrid, since they have no interest in or experience with hybrids).
On other topics, there’s an interesting article about the V-Prize, a concept that was new to me:
The types of aircraft capable of crossing the Atlantic in less than one hour will have rocket engines. Their average speed will be greater than 6,000 km/h and their maximum speed will reach Mach 15 or even Mach 20.