Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Saturday, August 31, 2024
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When NASA canceled its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project, it reached out to private companies to see if anyone in the commercial sector could complete the mission. Several companies have responded, including Intuitive Machines of Houston.
Saturday, August 24, 2024
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has been so addicted to identity politics that it has sliced and diced various groups to support her quest for the White House. White Dudes for Harris and Evangelicals for Harris are two recent examples.
However, the cringiest of all of these groups has to be Space Cadets for Harris, which recently held their fundraising livestream (which starts at 51:30 in the linked video). (Addendum: It now starts at the beginning of the video.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Ayn Rand on Donahue 1979
Phil Donahue has passed. Here is one of the more interesting episodes of his iconic talk show, for obvious reasons.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Government space agencies and private corporations have been worried about space debris for many years. Decades of launching satellites into space without thinking about what happens once they reach the end of their operational lives have created a serious problem.
Saturday, August 17, 2024
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Sunday, August 11, 2024
Space policy is not on the ballot for 2024. No matter who wins the presidential election, former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris, we should not expect any abrupt changes in the direction of America’s space efforts, especially regarding the Artemis program.
Nevertheless, whoever gets sworn in on Jan. 20 is going to face some monumental challenges going forward.
Saturday, August 10, 2024
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Wednesday, August 07, 2024
The moon has held a fascination with Americans ever since President John F. Kennedy threw down the gauntlet and challenged the Soviet Union to a race to land a man on Earth’s neatest neighbor and return him safely to the Earth. 60 years later, a different president of the United States, Donald Trump, proposed that Americans and astronauts from American allies return to the moon. Trump’s Artemis project, unlike previous attempts to return to the moon, looks like it actually may succeed. Why does American want to return to the moon? Is it science? Is it riches? Is it glory? Or, perhaps, it is a combination of the three. Mark R. Whittington, author of Why is it so Hard to Go Back to the Moon and Children of Apollo, seeks to answer that question in Why is America Going Back to the Moon.
Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Monday, August 05, 2024
This is like attacking Schindler or Raul Wallenberg for violating Nazi laws by saving Jews from the Holocaust
Sunday, August 04, 2024
SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk, is beating the competition hands down for NASA contracts. That includes the old-line aerospace companies such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin and its fellow new space startups.