Not, it did not make America rich. The north, largely without slaves, was much more wealthy than the slave-holding south, which is why it won the war.
And yes, “the Founders were flawed, the nation is imperfect, and the Constitution remains a liberty document.”
What is the worst case? The latest from Professor Curry.
Is it science, or religion?
I’d say that an undisprovable hypothesis would fall into the religious category. Though, of course, CAGW is that way, too.
My former Rockwell colleague (and current business associate) Dallas Bienhoff has a survey of all the planned new on-orbit systems, including a brief description of my planned intraorbital infrastructure.
Bob Zimmerman has three case studies, and he’s not happy.
A warning that it could turn into Apollo again. I’d say that’s a best-case scenario.
An interesting history of a California ghost town. I went there once, back in the eighties. It’s a long drive on a dirt road, down in the desert east of Yosemite.
I’ll be on tonight at 1900 PDT, talking lunar tardigrades and other things.
A dual FH launch would give them a direct trajectory, at far lower cost.
And why does no one ever question the provenance of that $1B estimate per flight for SLS?
A long-time blogger needs help.
I haven’t been tracking it, but I’m sure I no longer have the readership I once did either. The Internet moves on.
[Tuesday-afternoon update]
As Andrew W. notes in comments, things are looking less grim for them, but he could still use some help.