Category Archives: Technology and Society

Business, Economics, Media Criticism, Science And Society, Social Commentary, Technology and Society

Yes, Get Out Of Your Seat

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The hed of this op-ed is misleading. No, you shouldn’t stand as soon as the plane lands; wait until you’ve arrived at the gate. But yes, if you’re on the aisle, you should be preparing yourself and helping others prepare to deplane, not sit in your seat until it’s time for you to actually move. I don’t understand the people who think that we should be slowed down by telling people to remain seated.

Business, Space, Technology and Society

Another Delay

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Might be weather. That pushes it to at least Friday.

[Wednesday-evening update]

Yes, as noted in comments, apparently the launch is back on for tomorrow morning. Elon must have really wanted to do it on 4/20.

[Bumped]

[Late-evening update]

[Thursday-morning update]

Well, the excitement happened. It will be interesting to see the post mortem, but just getting off the pad and through max-Q were major milestones for the first flight of such a beast.

[Afternoon update]

Here‘s Eric Berger’s take.

And more thoughts from Blake Powers.

Marina Koren’s story on Elon’s explosive day.

Business, Economics, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

Starship Is Still Not Understood

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I missed this the first time around, about a year and a half ago, but it parallels many of the points that I made in my piece at The New Atlantis about the same time.

[Update late morning]

Airbus seems to be getting serious about space. I don’t see how the centrifuge helps all that much, though. The radius is too small for significant gravity, though it would help a lot to put the plumbing in it.