Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
"Venture Ingredients is developing a closed-system that can process solid human waste into fish meal, which in turn can sustain a variety of food fish that humans generally prefer. This system, while initially designed for space experimentation, can also be expanded to add value in a very lucrative waste processing market right here on earth, adding to human food supplies at the same time."
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Monday, May 10, 2021
Sunday, May 09, 2021
It says a lot about the regard that the Chinese government has for the safety of others that the core stage of the Long March 5B, which launched the Tianhe module of that country’s planned space station, is due to crash back to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry. The rocket will mostly burn up on reentry, but large pieces could still bombard the Earth. If the spent rocket lands in an inhabited area, we can mark it as yet another crime committed by Beijing against the civilized world.
Saturday, May 08, 2021
Friday, May 07, 2021
Thursday, May 06, 2021
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
Monday, May 03, 2021
When NASA really wants to make a statement, it does not kid around. By choosing SpaceX as the sole contractor for the lunar Human Landing System, NASA proclaimed that it is serious about returning astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in about 50 years — and the sooner, the better.
Sunday, May 02, 2021
"The real reason that Musk has become the coolest, more controversial capitalist of them all stems from the fact that NASA has made SpaceX a full partner in the Artemis return to the moon program. A lunar lander version of the Starship won sole funding for the Human Landing System (HLS). NASA is forking over $2.9 billion for SpaceX to make two moon landings. The first will be an unpiloted test flight. The second will take the first astronauts to land on the moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972. Unlike Apollo, Artemis has become a true public-private partnership."
Picked up by Real Clear Politics