Clark Lindsey reminds us that the Space Access Conference starts on Thursday. Hope to see some of you there.
“Anger And Despair”
James Carroll has a nutty column today in which he agrees with the psychoanalytical diagnoses of Iranian mullahs:
An Iranian official dismissed the talk of imminent US military action as mere psychological warfare, but then he made a telling observation. Instead of attributing the escalations of threat to strategic impulses, the official labeled them a manifestation of ”Americans’ anger and despair.”
The phrase leapt out of the news report, demanding to be taken seriously.
And amazingly (at least to me), he does just that.
“Anger And Despair”
James Carroll has a nutty column today in which he agrees with the psychoanalytical diagnoses of Iranian mullahs:
An Iranian official dismissed the talk of imminent US military action as mere psychological warfare, but then he made a telling observation. Instead of attributing the escalations of threat to strategic impulses, the official labeled them a manifestation of ”Americans’ anger and despair.”
The phrase leapt out of the news report, demanding to be taken seriously.
And amazingly (at least to me), he does just that.
“Anger And Despair”
James Carroll has a nutty column today in which he agrees with the psychoanalytical diagnoses of Iranian mullahs:
An Iranian official dismissed the talk of imminent US military action as mere psychological warfare, but then he made a telling observation. Instead of attributing the escalations of threat to strategic impulses, the official labeled them a manifestation of ”Americans’ anger and despair.”
The phrase leapt out of the news report, demanding to be taken seriously.
And amazingly (at least to me), he does just that.
What The World Needs Is A Good Right-Wing Teeshirt
Speaking of the Euston Manifesto, David Weigel has a libertarian take on it, that rapidly and humorously devolves in comments into a debate on tee-shirt icons:
You think Che makes an attractive T-shirt? He looks like something from Planet of the Apes…
…The problem with the right wing T-shirts is that the right is mainly about ideas, while the left is mainly about the ‘cult of personality’, the sound bite and the pretty face.
And one commenter reminds me that I hadn’t checked in on Communists for Kerry since he lost the election. It’s amusingly turned into a “museum of the failed revolution.”
Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough
Eric Hedman has a column in today’s issue of The Space Review on whether or not ESAS is a good approach, or at least a good enough one. His bottom line:
After reading over the ESAS, I
Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough
Eric Hedman has a column in today’s issue of The Space Review on whether or not ESAS is a good approach, or at least a good enough one. His bottom line:
After reading over the ESAS, I
Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough
Eric Hedman has a column in today’s issue of The Space Review on whether or not ESAS is a good approach, or at least a good enough one. His bottom line:
After reading over the ESAS, I
Air Superiority
I knew that the Raptor was superior, but I hadn’t realized just how superior:
The aircraft is simply the most advanced ever built. There is nothing on earth to touch it. In simulated dogfights it has wiped the floor with the opposition.
In one such encounter, six F-15 Eagle air-superiority fighters
Creeping Technology
You thought the Mini was a small car? Behold, the nanocar. Sounds a little too small for me, but it should get great mileage:
The nano-car’s molecular motor contains a pair of bonded carbon molecules that rotate in one direction if illuminated by a specific wavelength of light. After fixing the molecular engine to the car’s chassis and shining a light on it, Tour’s team confirmed that the engine was running by using nuclear magnetic resonance to monitor the position of the hydrogen atoms within it…
…Tour estimates that the car could travel two nanometres per minute but says his team has yet to find a way to watch their molecular automobile in action. “We think the car would drive along, but we wouldn’t be able to see it and I don’t think people would believe us,” he says.
You don’t say…
Even if they can get them working, I’ll bet they still can’t find a parking space in Manhattan.