Unfortunate news coming out of SpaceX pic.twitter.com/4IXs9Ib2cH
— Andrew (@Cosmic_Andrew1) February 15, 2023
Category Archives: Technology and Society
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]
[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.
Stoke
The Static Fire
Biden’s “Assault Weapons” Ban
…is unconstitutional, unlikely, and ineffectual.
I wish all of his policies were ineffectual.
What Russia Got Wrong
Almost everything.
Good News You Won’t Hear In The Media
Sea-level rise remains stable, and no signs of catastrophe.