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[Saturday-morning update]
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Category Archives: Technology and Society
Another Starship Flight This Month?
Steven Clark says it could happen.
Twenty-Two Years On
Here is what I wrote in the immediate aftermath of the loss of Columbia. You can follow the link to “Next Post” at the bottom to see subsequent posts in the subsequent days. My first speculative guess (TPS damage) turned out to be correct.
[Update a while later]
A golden oldie from that time.
Onward To Mars
Recommendations for fixing NASA from Bob Zubrin (I haven’t read the whole thing yet).
Ivanpah
RIP, and good riddance. We drive past it on the way to/from Vegas. I’ve seen the thing from the air. I won’t miss it.
Great Moments In Coding
This might be one of the best reddit posts I've seen in a while no cap fr fr pic.twitter.com/hAlc6mxbVh
— Dorian Develops (@DorianDevelops) January 23, 2025
Silicon Valley
How Democrats drove it into Trump’s arms. A long, but fascinating interview with Marc Andreesen.
[Update a few minutes later]
NEW PIECE from Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Pirate Wires: Trump will get America out of “manager mode”
— Pirate Wires (@PirateWires) January 22, 2025
• While SpaceX put more than 300 rockets into orbit for less than $10 billion, California has built 1,600 feet of elevated rail for $11 billion, and now projects its high… pic.twitter.com/4JdIuWBIsl
For now, I think, salvation.
[Mid-morning update]
Contra Matt Yglesias' newsletter, I really don't think it's all that hard to understand why the kids are shifting rightward, or what cultural + policy preferences this amounts to. When you've been fed an original sin gospel by nature of your status as a white male, you at a… pic.twitter.com/3rk6s5dvLG
— Liz Wolfe (@LizWolfeReason) January 23, 2025
Jared Isaacman
Demystifying him.
This reminds me of the last time Hubble needed repairs two decades ago, and Sean O’Keefe didn’t want to risk a crew on it after Columbia. When Mike Griffin came in, he reversed the decision. I won’t be surprised if the same thing happens this time.
Phil McALister
What he would have done differently on Commercial Crew.
New IFT-7 Schedule
From SpaceX: “SpaceX is targeting Thursday, January 16 for the seventh flight test of Starship from Starbase in Cameron County, Texas. The 60-minute test window opens at 4:00 p.m. CT. “
[Thursday-afternoon update]
This is the moment of RUD and start of reentry.
— John Ringo SF Author (@Jringo1508) January 16, 2025
The incredible part to me a cuspal Boomer/X is ACTUALLY SEEING THIS NEARLY LIVE FROM A FREAKING CRUISE SHIP AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS.
We already live in a science fiction future, people. This is why my job IS SO FREAKING HARD! https://t.co/KVyCDIrS1a
[Friday-morning update]
The booster flight was a success, the ship flight was 1/4 successful, hence cup being ~5/8 full.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 17, 2025
New ship forward flaps, higher thrust engines and tile adherence on ascent were tested.
Improved heat shield performance was the only major thing that wasn’t tested, along with the…
For those wondering where this is pic.twitter.com/YxYlNlGoXU
— gabo (@0bgabo) January 16, 2025
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