Josh Galernter agrees with me that it’s time to end our dependency on the Russians for space. He doesn’t point out, though that we could probably start flying on Dragon any time we want. We just have to decide that it’s important.
Category Archives: Business
Reusability And Other Launch-Industry Issues
Jeff Foust has a report at today’s issue of The Space Review.
The Future Of Commercial Space
An interview with Michael Lopez-Alegria.
As I note in comments there, NASA is not the only orbital customer. Bigelow has long expressed an interest in purchasing flights when they’re available at an affordable price.
The Washington Post
The media-bias mess continues.
Where is the ombudsman? Or better yet, where is Jeff Bezos?
The Individual Mandate
…seems to be pretty pointless.
The “Selling Space” Debate
Jeff Foust has six takeaways.
Falcon Heavy
SpaceX has it on their flight schedule for this year.
Faster, please.
Aircraft Cockpits
Can they be too secure?
They can be, and are.
Our lessons from 911 and approaches to aircraft security have been wrong headed for over 12.5 years. @PopMech
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) March 20, 2014
The STEM Shortage
It’s a myth.
I agree. The problem isn’t a shortage of workers in that field. But innumeracy and scientific illiteracy is a big problem in our society, particularly among the voters. And that includes the illiteracy of those who mindlessly accept a lot of bogus nutrition and climate “science.”
The New Crowdfunding Rules
The SEC is about to release them.