Can it survive without a radical restructuring?
Nope. SpaceX is disrupting space programs all over the world.
Use Of The Word “Denier”
It is both a fascist tactic to shut down debate, and an indication of the fundamentally religious nature of the climate “believers.”
[Update a few minutes later]
It’s not our fault, they MADE us make beheading jokes. They were just asking for it.
Heading Home
In an hour or so, I’m heading up the coast for the day to see Caesarea, then this evening, back south to Ben Gurion to go through the supposed lengthy flight check in, then a 13-hour flight to Philly, then a layover, then a five-hour flight back to California. Not looking forward to any of it, other than the initial sightseeing.
Anyway, probably off line until at least early Saturday morning, eastern time. I may use wifi on the flight to LA, if I’m sufficiently conscious.
[Saturday-morning update]
Well, I seem to be sufficiently conscious (despite not really having gotten anything resembling sleep for over 36 hours). From the plane over eastern Tennessee, heading west.
[Bumped]
Why Go To Mars And Other Places
I missed linking this article at The Space Review by John Strickland.
The real problem with space policy is not that we can’t decide where to go, but that we can’t decide why.
The Civil War Over Political Correctness
Jonathan Chait has kicked one off within the Left.
Good. These people view the world as a re-education camp, with them as the instructors. And guards.
[Update a while later]
A few observations from a “mansplainer.”
[Saturday-morning update]
“The obvious thing to say about Jonathan Chait’s war against the Left is that we are rooting for casualities.” Yup.
Will Robots Take Over?
This guy doesn’t think so.
The Hollywood Blacklist Narrative
Which surprises me not at all. It goes part and parcel with Stalinism.
A Space-Based Internet
…why the time seems right.
Obama’s Ongoing War On The Middle Class
His latest energy-tapping battle, abandoned.