I missed this the first time around, about a year and a half ago, but it parallels many of the points that I made in my piece at The New Atlantis about the same time.
[Update late morning]
Airbus seems to be getting serious about space. I don’t see how the centrifuge helps all that much, though. The radius is too small for significant gravity, though it would help a lot to put the plumbing in it.
Some tips, and commentary from Bob Zimmerman.
[Monday-morning update]
OK, the guaranteed excitement didn’t happen today. But to be fair, the guarantee only applied if they actually got to T-0. Anyway, they should be able to resolve the pressurization issue for the next attempt.
It’s been a disaster, and it would be even worse if Biden imposes it on the rest of the country.
…is fascistic.
The city is beyond hope.
The Democrats want to do this to the entire country.
…because they’re convinced they’re always right.
Something that is not affordable is not sustainable.
I think there are still going to be people continuing to demand masking forever, and Pharma is going to continue to push the vaccines and boosters. But the worst of the pandemic is over.
[Update a few minutes later]
[Late-morning update]
Commenter Mike Puckett reminds us of a twenty-year-old essay by Michael Crichton that remains relevant today.
How it killed real environmentalism.
That’s because it has nothing to do with environmentalism. It’s just the latest variant of Marxism, with its determination to control the rest of us.