Category Archives: Space

Well, That’s…Different

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Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.

[Tuesday update]

Peter Hague wishes him luck, but fears that he won’t be able to shift the agency trajectory.

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Rip Van Griffin

The former NASA administrator is the gift that keeps on giving, if you’re into flaming piles of dog poop.

The Gundo

I’ve lived here for over four decades, but I hadn’t noticed that it’s apparently become a major new tech hub, with a new nickname, despite the hostile California business environment. El Segundo itself is too small to contain all of the new innovation, so it’s spilling over into Hawthorne, Torrance, and even down to Long Beach. But it seems emblematic that SpaceX started here, over two decades ago, before they outgrew it.

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Sort of related: How American entrepreneurs can keep us ahead of China in space. General Kwast told me a few years ago that he keeps a copy of my book on his desk.

[Noon update]

Another story about El Segundo.

The New Space Era

A non-space publication is noticing the implications of the election for space policy.

[Afternoon update]

Artemis has slipped the schedule again (no surprise), and SLS is looking like it’s in serious trouble.

Moving Space Command to Huntsville in exchange for killing SLS looks like the art of the deal.

[Friday-morning update]

Why Orion’s heat shield offers an opportunity for Isaacman to cancel the entire mess.

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