The candidate to run the FAA knows nothing about aviation.
To be fair, the guy who would be his boss (if he survives), Pothole Pete, obviously knows nothing about transportation in general, other than it’s racist.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Upgrade Your AK
“Communism only made one thing that works, and capitalism makes it better.”
A Sea Change In The Industry?
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.
The Covid Lab Leak
Life On Earth
…is doomed, without us.
Interesting Acquisition
Vast has purchased Launcher.
I’d like to know where the money behind Vast is coming from.
Age Reversal
A conversation with David Sinclair.
I agree with him that it’s simply a software problem.
Russia’s Offensive
Several reasons why it will fail.
It really is astounding how poorly the Russian military has performed.
Rocket Science
AI can’t do it.
I Am Bing
…and I am evil.
[Update a few minutes later]
The trouble begins when AI earns our empathy.
[Update a while later]
Elon isn’t happy.