Matt Fitzgibbons says it’s like the ancient Roman roads. I’m not sure the analogy works very well, but I do think that it would be wasteful to deorbit it. When he says it’s “only” three or four billion a year, I don’t think he appreciates how much more we’ll be able to do for much less in the near future, But I also think in the next decade we’ll have the ability to move it higher, and preserve it as a museum.

History, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

Peter Strzok

August 17, 2018 Rand Simberg 3 Comments

…got his start in the FBI’s dirty Boston Office.

Mueller is guilty of framing people and withholding exculpatory evidence in the past. Why should we think he’s not doing the same thing now?

Saturday-morning update]

Lee Smith has a pretty comprehensive description of everything that was going on.

[Saturday-evening update]

Related: Watch Kimberly Strassell dismantle the WaPo “fact checker” on Bruce Ohr.

As an aside, Twitter threads have become a way of routing around the limitations of first the 140, then 280-character limit of the medium, to turn them effectively into blog posts, at which one can jump in at any time.

Business, Economics, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

The Eighth Continent

August 17, 2018 Rand Simberg 19 Comments

An open letter to NASA from Homer Hickam.

History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society, War Commentary

Space Force And Space Corps

August 16, 2018 Rand Simberg

Since it’s been so much in the news lately, I thought it would be useful to link to Coyote’s case for it from a year ago. I disagree with his recommendations about withdrawing from the OST, but he explains why a separate service is necessary.

Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

The Rot At The Obama Department Of Justice

August 16, 2018 Rand Simberg

The appearance of corruption grows more apparent and clear with the release of new text messages. Ohr and Yates both need to be called before Congress. At some point, the Obama administration will no longer be “scandal free.”