I'll bet Mars bars would taste much better on their planet of origin. #Fresher https://t.co/scXue2Cjuw
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) September 22, 2015
Oktoberfest In Munich
It’s time to end it, obviously, because it’s un-Islamic.
Charles Martel weeps.
The Glomar Explorer
…is going to finally be scrapped.
Seems like a shame. It’s an interesting bit of history. Might make a nice toy for a(nother) billionaire.
Of course, it appears that Paul Allen is building the equivalent for space.
How To Become Less Racist
I honestly couldn’t tell whether or not this was satire until I looked at some of their other articles. I could easily imagine such a theory coming out of our vaunted “studies” departments.
The Latest Review Of “The Martian”
From space historian, and mission controller Jim Oberg. Interesting discussion in comments.
[Tuesday-afternoon update]
Another review, from Alex Knapp.
[Bumped]
Gina McCarthy, John Koskinen
…and other obstructers of justice. Congress should impeach them. And remove them. They should have done it with Holder, too.
Yes. Impeachment is used far too seldom, largely, I think, because political partisanship has come to take precedence over Congressional prerogatives against the Executive. The Founders would be appalled at the degree to which partisans in Congress allow the Constitution and law to be spit on.
Doctoring Intelligence To Fit A Narrative
What the left false accused Bush of doing, the Obama administration actually did.
Stephen Hayes says this could be the biggest scandal of the Obama administration.
I don’t know about that, but it’s certainly the one they’re having trouble destroying the evidence for. Testimony of dozens of intelligence officials is pretty hard to cover up.
Ann Coulter
“…broke my [a woman’s] heart.”
She does seem to have lost her way. First her Christie infatuation in 2012, and now Trump. I’m tempted to wonder if there’s some hormonal stuff happening.
How We Get To Mars
Rick Tumlinson channels me in this Space News op-ed:
If settlement is the goal, Apollo redux is dead. Giant expendable government rockets hurling government employees and return vehicles at Mars won’t cut it in the long run. The main reason to do so is government public relations, as the heroes return and share their stories. If settlement is the goal, we send other kinds of PR heroes — settlers — who land and live out their days on camera, building the first community as more and more follow. Again, it’s different models. One model works for government, the other for private ventures. And since the one-way model is so much cheaper, and the people who will have working one-way systems first are private sector, they may well beat the government to Mars.
He proposes a much more viable approach, but for now, it’s politically unrealistic. Congress doesn’t want to send people to Mars. It wants to build big rockets.
"If settlement is the goal, Apollo redux is dead." And if settlement is not the goal govt HSF is a waste of money. http://t.co/GM5ksrGSvC
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) September 21, 2015
[Afternoon update]
Keith Cowing isn’t impressed.
The Lamentations Of The SJWs
What miserable lives these people must lead.