Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Monday, December 30, 2019
In regard to the narrower race for which side will be first to return to the moon and establish a base or settlement, China is clearly ahead. Since the moon is the gateway to the rest of the solar system, who will be the first to do those things is a very serious question. The answer could determine who owns the future, China, ruled by a tyrannical government, or the United States, with its traditions of freedom and tolerance.
Sunday, December 29, 2019
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Friday, December 27, 2019
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Monday, December 23, 2019
Sunday, December 22, 2019
The good news is that the NASA spending bill for the current fiscal year, passed months late, has enough money to start the development of a crewed lunar lander. The bad news is that Congress is being stingy with the amount of money it is allowing the space agency to spend and has added conditions.
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Monday, December 16, 2019
The United States Space Force transitioned from joke to reality recently when the House authorized its establishment as part of a defense authorization bill. Remarkably, a considerable number of Democrats voted for the bill that contained the Space Force. They did so in return for a provision that allowed for a 12-week family leave for federal workers. Thus, a space-faring, war-fighting military service was born, thanks to good, old-fashioned backroom wheeling and dealing.
Sunday, December 15, 2019
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Friday, December 13, 2019
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Monday, December 09, 2019
Doug Loverro, whose space experience has been primarily military, has taken his place as the NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate or HEOMD. Loverro is in charge of sending human beings to the International Space Station as well as the moon and, eventually, to Mars. He has a difficult job ahead of him.
Sunday, December 08, 2019
Saturday, December 07, 2019
Friday, December 06, 2019
Thursday, December 05, 2019
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
I just got the best news of the current century.
I'm not gonna die of cancer!
After an ultrasound and then a biopsy, we discovered that the two masses on my back are benign cysts after all and not something that might kill me. The masses come out a week from Friday, but in the meantime, suck it, Death! Not today.
Tuesday, December 03, 2019
Monday, December 02, 2019
Barring any more unforeseen developments, it looks like NASA’s commercial crew will become operational by as early as the summer of 2020, according to a recent report of NASA’s Inspector General. The event will, among other things, signal the beginning of the end of Russia as a space power.
Sunday, December 01, 2019
Week Eight: Fire Drill Friday Featuring Young Sheldon Star Edition
The real Sheldon Cooper would dispose of climate change hysteria fast, quick and in a hurry because (a) he knows the science and (b) he likes being obnoxious to the woke.