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A Poor Choice For NASA

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This is exactly the wrong person to chart a needed new course:

  • Kshatriya worked within JSC’s mission operations directorate, climbing the ladder from robotics staff to robotics operations lead working on ISS systems.
  • He then served a stint as a Mission Control flight director, where he oversaw cargo and crew missions to the ISS, before becoming deputy manager of the ISS vehicle office.
  • In 2021, Kshatriya moved to Washington, DC, as assistant deputy associate administrator for exploration systems development for the SLS, Orion, and Exploration Ground Systems programs.
  • In 2023, he became deputy associate administrator for the Moon to Mars program.

In other words, despite concerns expressed yesterday about China in the Senate clown show, business as usual.

[Afternoon update]

Sorry, first link was wrong, fixed now.

[Update a few minutes later]

(Depressing) thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.

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On The Vaccines

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Related: How the CDC’s double standards cost it our trust, and how hard it will (and should) be to win it back.

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The Man Who Shot Up That Church Full Of Kids

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…was not a woman.

We need to call out the lunacy wherever we find it, and protect our right to self defense.

[Sunday-morning update]

Question asked: Why are there so many “trans” mass shooters?

The trans ideologists have been lying, and ruining the lives of confused and vulnerable people.

Yes, thank you RFK, Jr. It’s not about the guns. It’s a mental-health crisis caused by “medication.”

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Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY!

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OK, not tomorrow, but next Sunday, for the next Starship attempt.

[Monday-morning update

Stephen Clark has the story on what went wrong on previous flights, and what they’ve done to prevent a recurrence.

But I have no idea what the phrase “human-rated lander” means.

[Sunday-afternoon update]

Less than two hours to go, weather permitting.

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[Tuesday-morning update]

Third time’s the charm?

[Mid-morning update]

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[Afternoon update]

Here‘s the report from SpaceX itself.

[Thursday-morning update]

Plans for the near future:

Versions 1 and 2 were proof of concept; versions 3 and 4 will be the operational ones.

[Update early afternoon]

[Update a few minutes later]

Don’t anthromorphize spaceships; they hate when you do that.

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