All posts by Rand Simberg
Light Posting
Sorry, I’ve been slammed with getting corporate taxes done, and I’m going down to Chapman University this afternoon to talk to Joel Kotkin’s class on tech and reindustrialization issues.
Charlie Kirk
There is a young generation that will be affected by this in much the same way that my parents' generation was affected by the JFK assassination, but it's not clear what it will mean politically, either next year or in future years.
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) September 10, 2025
Pretty sure all the vile people calling Charlie Kirk "hateful" are the same kind of people who said that about Rush Limbaugh, in both cases never having actually listened to either of them.
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) September 10, 2025
After all of the vile things this POS (who came frighteningly close to being the vice president) has been saying about his hopes for the death of his perceived political enemies, maybe he should just sit this one out. https://t.co/N3QieIVTMj
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) September 10, 2025
[Thursday-morning update]
First gutted, then angry.
I wonder if it was just coincidence that this happened on the eve of the anniversary of 911?
[Update a few minutes later]
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) September 11, 2025
Data Centers
Why they will be built in space:
Here's an argument why data centers will be built in space instead of on the ground. Projected by 2040, $700B/year of costs due to environmental, regulatory, and delay costs for building data centers on Earth. Compare this to decreasing launch costs (not shown here) to predict…
— Phil Metzger (@DrPhiltill) September 10, 2025
The Current Mood In The UK
I've no idea who made this, but it's bloody brilliant & sums up the current mood of the country! pic.twitter.com/F8MBOGqwcI
— Donna Louise (@DonnaLouise1212) September 6, 2025
A Compromise On SLS?
Eric Berger has the latest. Killing EUS would also eliminate the need for ML-2. It could be that we’ll have to continue wasting money on the SLS core and Orion for a while, but it would free up some funds to actually get back to the Moon soon.
A Book Recommendation
Though written by a woman (and a friend), and recommended by another woman (and another friend) this looks like a good book to get boys back to reading.
[Tuesday-morning update]
Laura returns the favor.
Commercial Space History
James Bennett is raising funds to write an important book.
Starship Thoughts
I've been reflecting on the Starship program the last week and one thing has become obvious to me. SpaceX is enjoying the freedom to try and fail in a way they couldn't with Falcon 9.
— Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) September 5, 2025
Doing anything "experimental" on the Falcon 9 was risky because it was SpaceX's only source of…
“Genocide”
What it is, and isn’t.
This trivializing of actual genocide (including the Holocaust, and Nazis, and “fascists”) by the Left to damn Israel and Jews is vile.
It’s more than worth noting that while most of the Germans who participated became inured to their own inhumanity, Hamas reveled in and boasted about their barbarity.