Rest in peace, and ad astra.
He was about my age. Trying to remember the last time I saw him. I’m sure it was at a conference in 2019, before the end of conferences. I’m sure he’ll be showing Saint Peter the latest Rocketplane business plan.
Spaceship 3
I wonder what the improvements are? They really should have gone with a liquid engine years ago (after the accident in Mojave). They can’t fix the problem with the shuttlecock, but they could fix that.
Continuing To Learn
I’ll look forward to learning what happened to the latest flight attempt.
Is there an SN12? Or will the next test be of SN15?
The Aztec Gods
Thoughts on California’s deranged revival of them.
Off The Air
We flew to St. Louis yesterday for the weekend to visit Patricia’s family. Probably not much posting until Tuesday. Consider this an open thread.
UFOs
Some thoughts from Bryan Preston.
The Dream Of The 90s
I remember when Nancy moved up there. She told us she was planning it at a Halloween party in 2003 at the late Cathy Seipp’s place.
Europe’s Response To The SpaceX Challenge
…is about as pathetic as one would expect.
I told Clay Mowry back in (I think) 2014 that Ariane 6 would be obsolete before it first flew. He didn’t buy it then, but now he’s with Blue Origin.
Mask Mandates
There’s not much science behind it.
California’s Job Killers
The idiot politicians in Sacramento don’t seem to know the first rule of holes.