An interesting paper at Judith Curry’s site (which is a go-to place for people following the climate follies).
Once again, for the record, I find literally incredible the notion that we have either the understanding of the physical interactions or the computer power to predict future climate with any useful confidence.
Elon has started a private school. I like the name.
Thoughts from classicist Victor Davis Hanson.
Neo-neocon has a link round up. And yes, I do think that a lot of the immigration outrage is a (successful) attempt to deflect attention from this.
There’s been a lot of stupid talk about Trump’s announcement at the Space Council meeting. Here’s some smarter discussion.
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Here’s Eric Berger’s take. The bureaucracy will fight it.
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Here’s a pretty good history and context, for those unfamiliar.
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If this new paper is correct, we should be firing up our SUVs.
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Thirty years on, how do climate predictions hold up?
Not well. [paywall]
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A new paper assessing spaceflight mortality. Not sure how useful it is, given the admitted paucity of data.
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When a Mars simulation goes wrong. Yes, we have a lot to learn before we go to other planets, and even then, people will die, often in terrible ways. Part of the answer is that we have to be more ambitious about how many we send. Six simply isn’t enough.
Sounds like San Francisco, Seattle and Portland are becoming like third-world hell holes. I’m supposed to go up to the city in July for the ISS conference. Doesn’t seem like a great location choice.
Democrats have zero tolerance for them.
It’s all about importing more voters to swamp the ones here who won’t bend to their will.
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Who wants to solve the crisis? Not Congressional Democrats. They don’t want a solution; they want the issue.