On another anniversary of the Challenger loss, here‘s what I wrote in 2010.
Harvard
No task force can save it.
The LA Times
…is in hospice. Someone should do a mercy smothering with a pillow.
Gay Science
Thoughts on the (much hoped for) decline (and perhaps death) of DEI.
Goodbye To Davos
…and good riddance.
Indeed.
Peter Schickely
RIP.
He was a comical/musical genius. I hadn’t been aware that he wrote the score for Silent Running.
Mike Griffin’s New (Old) Plan
Eric Berger is less than impressed.
Austin Must Go
…but how did this happen?
Competence doesn’t seem to be a high priority with this administration.
Back On The Air (Sort Of)
Momentarily.
So, I came down with a cold on Tuesday evening. I first noticed it at a U of Michigan reception at SciTech after the main reception (attendees were in high spirits after their football team had won their first national championship after a quarter of a century, unalloyed by having to unfairly share it with Nebraska; I say “unfairly” because many think that Missouri beat them but lost on a bad call). I noticed that my throat was getting a little sore, and my nose was starting to run. (Interestingly, it was the sickest I’ve been since long before Covid).
Anyway, I was better on Wednesday, and attended the conference, then spent the later afternoon and evening with my niece who lives in Orlando. I had a scheduled flight to DC on Thursday evening, but decided to go to the airport and get out earlier on standby, and arrived here late yesterday afternoon. My nose started running again and I had a rough night sleeping, and I lost my voice during the day, but I’m on the mend now. I expect I’ll be much better tomorrow, and fine for the upcoming trial next week.
But I’m spending the weekend cramming for my upcoming testimony, probably Wednesday or Thursday, as a hostile witness for the plaintiff, so probably light blogging not just this weekend, but for the next three-and-a-half weeks. So be grateful if you get any free ice cream between now and the second week of February.
Another Artemis Delay
I wish that every time some politician (and Bill Nelson is definitely one of those) says that “Safety is the highest priority,” someone would ask them, “What is safe enough? When are you going to fly? How safe will it be then? If safety is the highest priority, why would you ever fly? Not flying is the only way to make safety the highest priority.”