I have a post up over at SpaceTech Analytics.
[Saturday-morning update]
More thoughts over at The Verge.
52nd Anniversary
Apollo 11 launched on this day in 1969. I’ll be on The Space Show on Tuesday night, talking about Evoloterra.
SpaceX’s Environmental Problem
Bob Zimmerman is not happy with the FAA.
A Guide To Web Designers
This is pretty funny, albeit NSFW.
The US Navy
…is too woke for war.
I’m pretty sure that the Chinese navy isn’t doing this nonsense.
Cuba
The Babylon Bee is on the case: Democrat governors fear that desire for freedom will spread to the United States. And “You don’t understand socialism as well as I do,” says college student to someone who escaped it on a raft.
Branson’s Flight
Some reflections from Bob Zimmerman.
[Update a while later]
Here‘s Eric Berger’s take on the significance.
This picture doesn’t flatter her. She’s quite stunning in person.
“The Worst Speech Of Biden’s Presidency”
The most amazing thing about this op-ed is that it comes from CNN. And hey, the presidency is still young. I’m confident that he will top it. And this is your occasional reminder that Bob Gates said that Biden has been wrong on every foreign-policy issue over decades (and that Obama warned us not to underestimate Joe’s ability to f**k things up). But at least there are no mean tweets.
We Demand A Collectivist Space Program
An ignorant rant against the “billionaire space race.”
[Update a while later]
As would be expected, Alan Boyle has a more intelligent take on the “race.”
SLS BS
It’s like these people are living in an alternate reality. No sane program manager is going to want to use SLS. And a billion dollars a flight? That might be the marginal cost, but it’s not the average.
[Saturday-morning update]
More thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.