Will they beat us back?
They certainly won’t have a problem beating NASA back, given its political constraints. I do think that a private effort could beat them.
Category Archives: Space
Any Decade Now
With anniversaries coming up, Doug Messier reports on Virgin Galactic’s “progress.”
I weep when I think what could have been done with those hundreds of millions if they hadn’t been wasted on such a misbegotten concept.
What Is Space For?
A thoughtful essay at The New Atlantis (in which, in the next issue, I’ll have a review of Zubrin’s new book on Mars).
The Navy Mess
The LCS fiasco is just a symptom of a much larger problem, which probably infects the entire U.S. military, and no one is being held accountable. It’s feeling a lot like 1939, and people are going to die unnecessarily, if we can even win the war.
Near-Future SF
Yes.
Commercial ISR
Various factions of the DoD are fighting over it.
This is great, considering that a few years ago none of them wanted anything to do with it.
Vernor Vinge
RIP.
[Friday-morning update]
Reflections from Noah Smith.
[Monday-morning update]
Glenn Reynolds remembers.
[Bumped]
Space And Success
Thoughts on the various forms of complexity in evaluating it.
The Space Force
Rick Tumlinson thinks it needs more vision. I agree.
CSI Orbit
The physical and legal issues of investigating murders in space.