Understanding its leftist roots.
Hong Kong
It has been its finest hour.
Gratitude
I know that posting has been light, but this is the first real vacation we’ve had in a while. We’re in a vacation rental up above Estes Park, within walking distance of the park boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. We’ve been pretty much house bound since the storm, but it’s OK, because it’s a very nice house, and we do have an all-wheel machine to go down the mountain into town if we want to.
Here is the view from one of the balconies.
That’s the continental divide, inside the park. I think that the pointy mountain to the right is Long’s Peak, the furthest-north fourteener.
But I want to give thanks for my health, which considering all the wear and tear of decades, is still pretty good. My back is slowly recovering, and I’ll probably be back to normal by next week. I’m also grateful to live in what I think is still the greatest country on the planet, warts and all, and despite the desires of some to “fundamentally transform it.”
I’m also grateful for my readers, and all of my friends in the space industry, and the ability to start to accelerate our progress in opening the solar system to humanity in the coming years.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Going To Trial
Others have noted in comments, but yes, SCOTUS has denied our petition for cert.
To first order, after over half a dozen years, the case goes to trial. As I’ve often said recently, this case is old enough to be in the second grade, if it wasn’t so stupid.
Trumps “Progressive” Allies
Despite all their sound and fury, they actually act as though they want more Trump.
Clinton Impeachment History
For those too young, or too ignorant at the time due to the Democrat operatives with bylines, I did a Twitter thread.
Back Update
Well, I’m doing better than Friday and over the weekend, but I’m still getting twinges, that occasionally elicit a yelp. I have a ticket to Houston for SpaceCom tomorrow morning, but thinking I’ll probably just have to cancel and eat the ticket. I don’t want to aggravate it on the trip and not be able to get home Thursday night. I was supposed to have a meeting with some JSC folks, but it may have to be a telecon.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Just got my MRI results. I have a compressed disk (and a little arthritis, but I don’t think that’s the issue). For our Colorado road trip, just got another shot in the ass of a muscle relaxant, and prescriptions for oral muscle relaxant (that they should have given me last week instead of the steroids), and prescription-strength ibuprofen (instead of Vicodin, which apparently isn’t that effective for nerve pain) for pain and to reduce inflammation.
When we get back, I’ll start epidurals and physical therapy (I assume basically strength training) to build up some muscular protection of the spine down there.
[Bumped]
Starship
…had its first test-stand failure.
[Update a few minutes later]
Speculation: Bad welds from working in cold, dark, and wind.
[Friday-afternoon update]
Was the loss of Starship a setback?
No, it shows that they’re making rapid progress.
[Bumped]
Meat, Saturated Fat, and Long Life
It’s just amazing how much crap nutrition advice we’ve been given for decades, and many continue to spew the nonsense.
Girls In STEM
My buddy Chantelle Baier just put together an event in Cincinnati in which they launched fifty Estes rockets at a time. Chantelle is the one in black standing by the wall in the left center of the picture.
