We’re not buying what they’re selling.
The average age of our two cars is seventeen years. I might buy something newer if my finances dramatically improved, but I’m also leery of all of the “features” in the newer cars. When I look at new car prices, I think about what I could do with the (2000) BMW if I put two or three thousand into it, especially given how new stick shifts are an endangered species.
I hope that SCOTUS will force a rollback of all the illegal mandates coming from Washington.
Yes, the notion that everyone should get a college degree has been tremendously destructive.
The amount of money wasted on this flawed concept is tragic, when considering what better things could have been done with it to advance suborbital flight.
Are they still using hybrid propulsion? I haven’t seen much detail on what’s different about Delta, other than size.
If SpaceX is offering orbital rides for a few hundred thousand, I’m having trouble seeing how VG would compete with a suborbital system. They were way too late to market, and they’ve probably missed it. I would never have put a dime into this business, and I wouldn’t now.
Several firsts today. I think this is the first time we’ve seen an entry without a plasma blackout. It’s amazing that it managed to do a soft landing with all of that damage to the fin. I’ll be curious to know if all of the fins suffered like that, or just the one in the video, but it’s a testament to how robust the design is.
[Update a while later]
June 6th now has another reason to go down in history. The first launch and entry of a fully reusable spaceship occurred on the 80th anniversary of the invasion to liberate Europe.
— Rand Simberg (@Simberg_Space) June 6, 2024
I suspect that this is going to upstage Starliner docking with ISS.
[Update a while later]
Commentary from David Strom.
[Friday-morning update]
Reflections from Glenn Reynolds.
Centuries from now, on other worlds, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be minor footnotes in history, but everyone will know the name Elon Musk.
[Update a while later]
Ellie Sheriff interviews Elon:
NEWS: Elon Musk gives a thorough update after the 4th launch of Starship.
— Ellie in Space 🚀💫 (@esherifftv) June 7, 2024
Will we see a catch for Flight 5?
How will Starlink be even better on the next flight?
These are some of the questions Elon answers for us.
I hope this interview informs you about the incredible work SpaceX… pic.twitter.com/NUzVmUxHFp
The Biden administration wants to do this nationwide, but they’ll have to do it with illegal executive orders, because they’d never get the needed legislation through Congress.
Starliner finally launches with crew. I doubt that it will fly many times.
The latest on the status of IF4. This should put to rest FAA issues for the flight.
[June 4th update]
And they now have a license, for Thursday morning.
[Bumped]
The biggest county in the lower 48 wants to secede from California.
I think there would be adequate resources to support it. I imagine a lot of Californians would move there if it happened.
In the real world, people are hurting.
And all the gaslighting from the Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) isn’t going to change their minds.
Republicans are a growing threat to Democrats there.