The European (read mostly French) space program is in big trouble.
The headline is misleading, though. Here are the nut grafs:
Especially worrying for Arianespace, and the global launch industry, is that the flight 157 accident review board identified significant problems in all versions of Ariane 5, not just the stretched version that failed in December 2002.
It was left to the head of Arianespace, Jean- Yves Le Gall, to tell his senior colleagues that Ariane 5, and Rosetta, should be grounded indefinitely.
This is bad news, not because I really care whether or not a bloated jobs program in Europe is doing anything for space, but because it continues to perpetuate the myths that Space Is Hard, and Space Is Expensive, and if well-funded governments can’t get it right, how can lowly entrepreneurs be expected to?
The European (read mostly French) space program is in big trouble.
The headline is misleading, though. Here are the nut grafs:
Especially worrying for Arianespace, and the global launch industry, is that the flight 157 accident review board identified significant problems in all versions of Ariane 5, not just the stretched version that failed in December 2002.
It was left to the head of Arianespace, Jean- Yves Le Gall, to tell his senior colleagues that Ariane 5, and Rosetta, should be grounded indefinitely.
This is bad news, not because I really care whether or not a bloated jobs program in Europe is doing anything for space, but because it continues to perpetuate the myths that Space Is Hard, and Space Is Expensive, and if well-funded governments can’t get it right, how can lowly entrepreneurs be expected to?
Jimmy Carter, Appeaser of Dictators, Subduer Of Killer Bunnies, Political Pawn Of Nobel Prize Committees, has offered to mediate a deal with North Korea.
Sure, why not? After all, it worked so well the last time…
First, she offers no reasons why, other than that it provides employment for Puerto Ricans. In other words, we should apparently do it as a charity.
Second, there’s little benefit to the US to maintain Rosey Roads (other than the general benefit of having a base in that part of the Caribbean), since she made us shut down the weapons testing at Vieques, which it mainly supported.
That’s the leading headline in today’s print edition of that paragon of reportorial objectivity, that serious newspaper, the LA Times.
Yes, those wascawwy wepubwicans can try to fool us by doing high-profile things like tossing out their Jim-Crow-worshiping Senate Majority Leader, but we know what’s in their hearts. They’re opposed to diversity!
Oh, the humanity.
Of course a more accurate headline (which would actually line up with the text of the story) would be “Bush Opposes Racial Discrimination At University.” But that wouldn’t convey the desired message, would it?
Everyone else has mentioned it by now, including Glenn and Andrew Sullivan, but I want to offer my moral support to Iain Murray and his family, who just lost his job due to his blog.
Unfortunately, I’m not in a position to offer much else right now, but hit his tip jar if you can afford it.