In other words, she's AOC in the Middle Ages.
Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Monday, August 28, 2023
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Recently, the Russian Luna 25 and the Indian Chandrayaan-3 arrived at the moon to attempt landings at the lunar south pole, with decidedly different results.
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Friday, August 25, 2023
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Monday, August 21, 2023
Sunday, August 20, 2023
Recently, NASA administrator Bill Nelson offered a warning about Chinese designs on the moon.
“I don’t want China to get to the South Pole first with humans and then say: This is ours, stay out,” he said. “If indeed we find water in abundance there that could be utilized for future crews and spacecraft, we want to make sure that’s available to all, not just the one that’s claiming it.”
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Monday, August 14, 2023
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Recently, NASA developed a plan to send a crew of astronauts to an Earth-approaching asteroid, called Prospects for Future Human Space Flight Missions to Near-Earth Asteroids. The plan has its origins in a speech delivered by President Obama at the Kennedy Space Center in 2010.
Note: The headline is somewhat misleading. The plan is not yet funded but it is, I think, a worthy one.
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Friday, August 11, 2023
Thursday, August 10, 2023
As many people have noticed, the temperature has been unusually hot in certain parts of the world this year. The heat wave has in turn prompted increased attention on the issue of climate change , and whether the two are related.
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Monday, August 07, 2023
Sunday, August 06, 2023
Saturday, August 05, 2023
Friday, August 04, 2023
Thursday, August 03, 2023
President Joe Biden recently decided that the headquarters of the United States Space Command (SpaceCom) will remain at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. The decision reverses one made by former President Donald Trump to move the headquarters to the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala.