Brian Doherty writes about the lives of Milton Friedman.
A Golden Oldie
For some reason, Popular Mechanics has reposted the interview they did with me last fall. For those new readers who missed it, here it is, and there’s nothing changed since then that would cause revision to my remarks.
A Space Race I’d Like To See
Imagine a 2008 election campaign between Newt Gingrich and Bill Richardson. Whoever lost, space, and New Space, would win big. Not to imply, of course, that it’s a likely matchup. The joint probability of both of them getting their respective party nominations is…errrrmmmm…astronomical.
Also, note that I’ve added a new category (a year or so before the first primary…sigh…) called “Space and Campaign 2008,” to correspond to the one I had four years ago. I wish that I hadn’t had to do it so soon.
A Space Race I’d Like To See
Imagine a 2008 election campaign between Newt Gingrich and Bill Richardson. Whoever lost, space, and New Space, would win big. Not to imply, of course, that it’s a likely matchup. The joint probability of both of them getting their respective party nominations is…errrrmmmm…astronomical.
Also, note that I’ve added a new category (a year or so before the first primary…sigh…) called “Space and Campaign 2008,” to correspond to the one I had four years ago. I wish that I hadn’t had to do it so soon.
A Space Race I’d Like To See
Imagine a 2008 election campaign between Newt Gingrich and Bill Richardson. Whoever lost, space, and New Space, would win big. Not to imply, of course, that it’s a likely matchup. The joint probability of both of them getting their respective party nominations is…errrrmmmm…astronomical.
Also, note that I’ve added a new category (a year or so before the first primary…sigh…) called “Space and Campaign 2008,” to correspond to the one I had four years ago. I wish that I hadn’t had to do it so soon.
That’s Moving
I mentioned how impressed I was with the speed of the Eurostar train from London to Brussells. I was guessing that we were going a hundred fifty mph or so. Apparently, that wasn’t too far off, but it’s going to go even faster later this year:
Beforehand, it took nearly three hours to make the crossing, and now it will take two hours, 35 minutes. Further upgrades scheduled to be completed in 2007 will knock another 15 minutes off. The trains will finally travel at their top speed of 186 miles per hour, according to Eurostar.
Sure wouldn’t want to hit a cow at those speeds. At the least, it would be instant hamburger. A system like that would be a huge hit for LA-Vegas, if they could resolve the political and financial issues.
That’s Moving
I mentioned how impressed I was with the speed of the Eurostar train from London to Brussells. I was guessing that we were going a hundred fifty mph or so. Apparently, that wasn’t too far off, but it’s going to go even faster later this year:
Beforehand, it took nearly three hours to make the crossing, and now it will take two hours, 35 minutes. Further upgrades scheduled to be completed in 2007 will knock another 15 minutes off. The trains will finally travel at their top speed of 186 miles per hour, according to Eurostar.
Sure wouldn’t want to hit a cow at those speeds. At the least, it would be instant hamburger. A system like that would be a huge hit for LA-Vegas, if they could resolve the political and financial issues.
That’s Moving
I mentioned how impressed I was with the speed of the Eurostar train from London to Brussells. I was guessing that we were going a hundred fifty mph or so. Apparently, that wasn’t too far off, but it’s going to go even faster later this year:
Beforehand, it took nearly three hours to make the crossing, and now it will take two hours, 35 minutes. Further upgrades scheduled to be completed in 2007 will knock another 15 minutes off. The trains will finally travel at their top speed of 186 miles per hour, according to Eurostar.
Sure wouldn’t want to hit a cow at those speeds. At the least, it would be instant hamburger. A system like that would be a huge hit for LA-Vegas, if they could resolve the political and financial issues.
Space Conferences
Clark Lindsey has posted Henry Vanderbilt’s latest announcement for Space Access, which is a month earlier this year than it’s traditionally been, occurring in March instead of April. As Henry notes, if you plan to attend, you’d better hurry and make your hotel reservation.
It’s one of the best conferences, if not the best, of the year to find out what’s happening with the “other space program” (the one for the rest of us). Don’t let the fact that I’ll be there, and on a panel, dissuade you from attending.
Also, the National Space Society has moved ISDC back to Memorial Day (a big mistake, I think–one of the reasons that they had such good attendance last year in LA was, in addition to the fact that it was in LA, because it wasn’t on a holiday weekend). Here’s the press announcement:
National Space Society to Host 26th Annual Conference in Dallas, Convening Pioneers from Government and Private Space Programs
2007 International Space Development Conference Set for Memorial Day Weekend.WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2007
Retro
Here’s an interesting sociological experiment:
Wall, 32, an Eastern Michigan University graduate student, hasn’t left her west-side Ann Arbor home for another plane in the space-time continuum. She’s simply going a month