Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
This would have put my old Middle East studies professor in a bit of a quandry. On the one hand, he was no fan of the State of Israel. On the other hand, he suffered professionally at the hands of the Turkish governmemt for pointing out the Armenian Holocaust.
Before Donald Quataert annoyed the Turkish government, he was my Middle Eastern studies professor
Recently, NASA extended the idea of private-public partnerships to Mars. The space agency has struck a deal with Relativity Space to send an orbital probe to the Red Planet, with a launch date no earlier than 2028.
While all eyes have been on the recent SpaceX IPO, another, smaller aerospace company is preparing to go public as well. Quantum Space will initiate an IPO by merging with the special purpose acquisition company, Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI. The deal is supposed to close later this year.