Category Archives: Technology and Society
Hydrogen
This could be huge. And if it’s true, it might also partly validate Thomas Gold’s theory that natural gas is abiotic (and also unlimited).
Saving The Planet
“Why I am against it, and you should be, too.”
New Cars
Regular people can’t afford them any more.
I’ve never bought a new car, and there’s no way I’d do it at these crazy prices. At some point, though, you’d think that one of the automakers would go after this unserved market, and drive prices down with some competition.
Impending Civil-Rights Victory
A judge in Illinois has demanded that the state provide examples of every gun their idiotic new law bans.
Should Have Waited For April 1st
The Latest Starship Mystery
What is Ship 26?
Lunar ISRU
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]
After reading several papers, I have a lot of questions. Molten regolith electrolysis has several problems. Electrodes tend to not last very long. And you see fancy metals being used for anodes, like iridium, there are alternatives but nothing common on the moon.
—Lucas The Lion
(@TheSaberLion) February 13, 2023
[Tuesday-morning update]
Here’s the story from Eric Berger.
The Retreat From Globalism
People don’t want to be squelched by Big Tech or Big Government.
And they particularly don’t want it done by collusion between the two.
The Russian Space Program
As he notes, it’s very unlikely that both spacecraft suffered from MMOD. It looks like QC issue.