Why a Fake Patron Named 'Chuck Finley' Checked Out 2,361 Books at This Florida Library Last Year

Or, as Sam Axe from "Burn Notice" might say, "Chuck Findley is forever."

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Technology is easy but politics is hard for NASA's Lunar Human Landing System

The technical challenges of taking America and ultimately the world back to the moon are immense indeed. But those challenges are dwarfed by the political obstacles that stand between now and the day the next footsteps tread on the lunar surface.

A Question Only Elon Musk Can Answer: Why hasn’t he gone to space yet?

Thursday, September 23, 2021

The United States has lost Afghanistan’s mineral wealth but it may not matter

President Joe Biden has inflicted the greatest damage to American honor and influence in recent memory with his botched extraction of troops from Afghanistan. However, along with tens of billions of military equipment, Afghan allies, and even some American citizens, Biden is leaving behind in excess of $1 trillion in mineral wealth that resides beneath the surface of that war-torn land.

Even With Climate Change, the World Isn’t Doomed

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Elon Musk mocks Biden after SpaceX completes first all-civilian flight On the other hand, Trump would have been at the Cape to greet the Inspiration4 crew personally and would have been slammed by the media for doing so
How fusion power will make the Green New Deal obsolete

Carbon capture technology , currently being developed by the private sector, would seem to achieve some of the goals of the Green New Deal without the wholesale destruction of the fossil fuel economy. Nuclear power and even planting trees (lots of trees) have also been proposed as part of a more sensible solution. However, a recent development at MIT has made the Green New Deal obsolete even before it has been enacted.

Sunday, September 19, 2021

Inspiration4 and the quest to cure childhood cancer

The Inspiration4 crew has lifted off onboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon. By the time the gentle reader sees that it will likely have already returned to Earth after one of the most unusual and heartwarming space missions ever undertaken.

How to Deter China From Invading Taiwan

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Elon Musk's SpaceX vs. the environmentalists

SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility is located next to a wildlife preserve, according to the U.K. Guardian. The problem, from the environmentalists’ point of view, is that Musk’s development plan for the Starship involves test vehicles blowing up and raining debris on the preserve. This, according to The Guardian, adversely affects several “vulnerable” species. Frequent road closures and other activities at the site have only added to the environmental cause célèbre.

Thursday, September 09, 2021

Just when all hope seemed lost, Jack Bauer may be back to save us all.
Giant telescope to be built on moon could help humans master 'interstellar travel'

Tuesday, September 07, 2021

How will Biden's Afghanistan debacle impact NASA's Artemis return to the moon?

The chaos that erupted in Afghanistan following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of troops should have nothing to do with NASA’s Artemis return to the moon program. The two would not seem to be linked in any way. However, considering that Biden seems to have immolated his presidency by his Afghan retreat, his ability to affect anything, not to mention America’s renewed effort to return to the moon, is in question.

Blue Origin's lawsuit against NASA and SpaceX was again delayed as the DOJ struggled to add page numbers to 1,700 case-related documents before deadline

Barry Levinson To Direct Apollo 11 Limited Series From Kevin Costner, Stephen Kronish & Mike Medavoy

"It will look at one of the most historic events in U.S. history from a slightly different angle, stressing the personality conflicts within the flight team that almost doomed the mission before it left the launch pad – and how a NASA psychiatrist’s predictions of disaster for astronaut Buzz Aldrin were ignored by her superiors. The series will also look at the Soviet Union’s attempt to destroy Apollo 11 on its way to the moon, and the Cold War victory of America over its Russian enemy as well as celebrate the singular moment of accomplishment that drew together half a billion people around the world.