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Twenty Years On

October 4, 2024 Rand Simberg 6 Comments

I wrote a long-form post at X.

It's been exactly twenty years ago today since Burt Rutan, with money provided by the late Paul Allen, won the Ansari X-Prize with SpaceShipOne. The hope at the time was that it would lead to a robust suborbital space tourism industry, allowing hundreds or thousands of people to…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 4, 2024

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The Censors

October 1, 2024 Rand Simberg 8 Comments

How to fight back against them, and rescue the Republic.

[Update a few minutes later]

This seems related.

NC resident has a message: the government is not coming to save you, it’s up to all of us to help save each other.

I find this to be devastating because the amount of money our government God knows where for God knows what reason is obscene. But when it comes down to helping… pic.twitter.com/aNsJ5nzYgG
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) October 1, 2024

All the institutions have been corrupted.

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The FAA Overreach

September 25, 2024 Rand Simberg 31 Comments

I agree with Bob Zimmerman: SpaceX should fight, particularly in light of Loper.

[Update a while later]

Yesterday the FAA Administrator demonstrated why the FAA should not be in charge of commercial space transportation anymore. — jamesmuncy https://t.co/zQ3EdESL69
— James A. M. Muncy (@JamesMuncy) September 25, 2024