I wrote a long-form post at X.
It's been exactly twenty years ago today since Burt Rutan, with money provided by the late Paul Allen, won the Ansari X-Prize with SpaceShipOne. The hope at the time was that it would lead to a robust suborbital space tourism industry, allowing hundreds or thousands of people to…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 4, 2024
Thoughts on who to believe.
…is still a national disgrace.
Israel must destroy it, with or without U.S. help.
Why can’t the US build them?
This is a serious problem. But at least we’re the best at building space ships.
I saw this guy’s shop when I was in San Francisco last Thursday.
“It’s impossible to be pessimistic enough about it…”
I agree with Bob Zimmerman: SpaceX should fight, particularly in light of Loper.
[Update a while later]
Yesterday the FAA Administrator demonstrated why the FAA should not be in charge of commercial space transportation anymore. — jamesmuncy https://t.co/zQ3EdESL69
— James A. M. Muncy (@JamesMuncy) September 25, 2024
Apparently Russian aerospace tech isn’t what it used to be.
An op-ed there by Dan Vergano calls for an end to SLS/Orion.