Haven’t looked at this in detail, but I suspect that by 2030, heavy-lift expendable rockets will be obsolete. and how in the world are they going to do a vertical landing with a solid booster?
No, It’s Not “Marrying Down”
It’s foolish to conflate educational level with intelligence, particularly when in many cases the “education” is a maleducation with a credential.
The Kids In The Cave
The oxygen levels are getting low.
This seems like a solvable problem, using ECLSS technology. Get some LiOH canisters and oxygen tanks in there. Also, Elon has sent some of his tunneling engineers to see if they can help.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Alan Boyle has the story on the Boring Company and SpaceX support. The former would presumably be tunneling, while the later would provide life support based on Dragon technology.
[Noon update]
Elon has gone full superhero.
[Update a while later]
This visually helps pic.twitter.com/MyX2YPbybq
— Rome Strach (@romn8tr) July 6, 2018
[Update Saturday afternoon]
Elon is building a mini-submarine, designed to fit through the tunnels, at SpaceX HQ to fly to Thailand.
Early-morning update]
Thought their politics suck, The Guardian is providing good live blogging of the operation.
[Monday-night update]
There were questions in comments how they got there. Here is Bridget Johnson’s story, including how the Buddhist monk training of the coach helped get them through.
[Bumped]
The Left Doesn’t Fear The Gestapo
…because they’ve become the Gestapo.
They were always the Gestapo, in one form or another. The Nazis were leftists, just a more virulent form of them.
U.S. Space Guard
After all these years of advocating for it, I’m happy with how much traction the concept is finally getting.
Objectively Pro-Democrat
Thoughts from Neo-Neocon and Charlie Martin on the Never Trumpers, and their death wish for the Republican Party.
Never having been a Republican, I wouldn’t mind seeing a political party replace the Republican Party, but not at the cost of the Democrats taking over again, which (as Charlie notes) would be disastrous for the Republic.
The Latest Buzz On Buzz
Marina Koren talked to Christina and Andy. I just hate to see this.
British Comedy, And “Diversity”
Thoughts from Terry Gilliam and Ed Driscoll. I remember (barely) That Was The Week That Was.
Heart Function In Monkeys
…has been restored with human stem cells.
Faster, please.
Blue Origin
They’re serious about the moon, even if NASA and Congress aren’t. They plan to start colonizing within half a decade.