Bob Zimmerman has some useful thoughts on how it continues to hold it back.
And yes, I did see the launch, from Jetty Park, but I didn’t see them fail to expend it out to sea. I’m sure that Loren Thompson will declare it another SpaceX failure tomorrow, and now a hazard to shipping lanes.
Heading to Florida in the morning for the mundane, non-landing Falcon 9 launch on Tuesday (though recent wind forecasts make me suspect it will slip to Wednesday), then down to south Florida to deal with another house we want to sell. Then back up to the Cape on Monday for what I hope is a Tuesday Falcon Heavy launch (which will be historic). From there, to DC on Tuesday night. I’ll be checking in from the road, but be good in comments.
It’s catching up on the nutrition science:
High carbohydrate intake was associated with higher risk of total mortality, whereas total fat and individual types of fat were related to lower total mortality. Total fat and types of fat were not associated with cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, or cardiovascular disease mortality, whereas saturated fat had an inverse association with stroke. Global dietary guidelines should be reconsidered in light of these findings.
It’s a epidemiological study, but it matches most recent research.
No, Congress can’t prevent Trump from firing Mueller. I think firing Mueller would be a bad idea, but if I were Trump, I would refuse to be interviewed, and if I were subpoenaed by a grand jury, I’d ignore it.
No, sorry, blue states, you can’t fix it.
This may be one of the most consequential things of Trump’s presidency. So far, anyway.
It’s been thirty-two years now.
What I wrote about the Challenger loss in 2002: https://t.co/824SNJrUb2
And 2008: https://t.co/kl1Vv3D8Pihttps://t.co/TyeTJz6EVj
It was my birthday.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) January 28, 2018
Comments open for peoples’ memories.
The Democrats are spoiling for another one, because they won’t accept the results of elections. But if that’s what they want, they’ll lose this one too. Because we didn’t let them disarm us.
The Senate Intelligence Committee has a lot of questions for her. Given her recent behavior, it will be very interesting to see how forthcoming she is.
[Update early evening]
Clinton and Podesta in the cross hairs.
Get out the popcorn.
…without showing that Obama was guilty as well.
The fix was in from the very beginning.
Chris Bergin has the story. As he notes, the company is clearing out its inventory of previous-block boosters.
[Update a while later]
Hearing that they’re targeting 13:30 on February 6th for the launch attempt. That’s cutting it close to when I have to fly up to DC.