Richard Fernandez describes the latest green disaster.
They are utterly ignorant of nutrition.
Fear, Uncertainty, And Doubt
Blue Origin and ULA (and they may soon be the same company) are pretty clearly threatened by SpaceX.
On the other hand, there have never been launch operations at this scale, anywhere. SpaceX should be getting on to sea launch as soon as possible, particularly given the much greater flexibility of orbital destinations this will give them.
[Update a while later]
More from Stephen Clark.
[Tuesday-afternoon update]
More from Jeff Foust. I was amused at this: “Ariane 6 is an answer to their needs. We’ll go through the inaugural launch, we’ll serve those customers, and we will continue to innovate.”
“Continue” to innovate? I’m still waiting for them to start.
[Bumped]
[Update a few minutes later]
Meanwhile, in French Guiana:
Just wow!#Ariane6 pic.twitter.com/r1tCtgWAFe
— Deutsche Raumfahrtagentur (@DLR_SpaceAgency) July 9, 2024
Sabine Hossenfelder
Why she’s embarrassed to be German:
[Update a while later]
Misspelled name fixed, sorry, Sabine!
Just In Time For The Election
Looks a lot like we’ll be in a recession before November.
People are tapped out on their credit cards.
The Courtier Game
A partial explanation of what’s going on in the White House, from Arnold Kling.
No Remedy For Censorship
The perils of Murthy.
The Democrats
…have gone full Soviet.
Pretty sure, though, that this is a typo: “…the Neo-Bolsheviks, with or without General Secretary Joe, of America’s USSR party will surrender. They will scorch the earth from sea to shining sea if that’s what it takes.”
That first sentence is pretty clearly missing a “not.”
Why Cats Meow
This is interesting, but doesn’t really seem like news to me.
A Man For His Time
As his long-time space adviser, I fully endorse him, and expect to be named space czar after his inevitable glorious victory.
Another Bad July 4th For Britain
Thoughts on the predictable (and predicted) electoral disaster across the pond from Mark Steyn.
[Late-morning update]
Wrong link is fixed now, sorry.