Interesting video from Ashlee Vance.
Category Archives: Space
Orbital Reef
Are Blue Origin and Sierra abandoning the project?
Scientific American
Attacks space settlement (again). Peter Hague responds.
I have to say I’m disappointed in Sarah.
Space Tracking Data
This is kind of a big deal. DoD is going to move it to the Department of Commerce.
SLS Flight Rate
This isn’t really a new concern, but there’s nothing they can do about it, except to cancel the stupid program.
Conscious Choice
There is a review of Bob Zimmerman’s book over at American Thinker.
Finally
Bob Smith is out at Blue Origin. Thousands of days late and billions of dollars short. It’s not obvious that his replacement will be any better, though.
[Update a couple minutes later]
The comments over there are (appropriately?) brutal.
Finally
McCarthy has introduced a bill to extend the learning period.
It’s unlikely to pass before it expires week after next, but it will ultimately be extended, as it should be.
The Latest Starship Delay
Ellie in Space has the story.
Six Thoughts On Elon Musk
[Update a few minutes later]
On reading through it, this jumped out at me: “The brain strain of designing the car is tiny compared to the brain strain of designing the factory.”
What is more important about Starship is not the design of the vehicle, but the fact that he’s building a shipyard.