I’ve spent the past three days at the Suborbital Researcher’s Conference, and we’re driving back to LA from Denver tomorrow, so probably little posting until the weekend.
[Update Friday morning]
We decided to do the drive in one long day, so back in the office.
ULA is apparently on the auction block.
I’ve been arguing for years that Boeing and Lockmart should be forced to divest, because a free-range ULA would be much more able to compete with SpaceX (and other potential competitors).
I’m guessing that Boeing has decided that it needs cash more than it needs to continue to keep Tory under control.
…is doomed, without us.
Vast has purchased Launcher.
I’d like to know where the money behind Vast is coming from.
NASA was right not to do it.
On the other hand, I never thought it should have been named for him in the first place, and not because of the “Lavender Scare” thing. It just didn’t seem appropriate.
AI can’t do it.
What is Ship 26?
I’m glad to see that Blue Origin is making some breakthroughs in some areas. This implies (among other things) that solar power satellites could be partially constructed from lunar materials. The question is whether it makes economic sense compared to low-cost launch from Earth.
[Afternoon update]
[Tuesday-morning update]
Here’s the story from Eric Berger.