Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Monday, September 09, 2024
Sunday, September 08, 2024
Robert Reich, former Labor secretary under President Bill Clinton and current public policy professor at the University of California at Berkeley, is angry with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Reich has written a column in the UK Guardian explaining why he finds Musk obnoxious and what should be done about it.
Saturday, September 07, 2024
Friday, September 06, 2024
Thursday, September 05, 2024
Wednesday, September 04, 2024
Tuesday, September 03, 2024
Monday, September 02, 2024
Sunday, September 01, 2024
One of the bright spots in American politics has been that space policy has avoided becoming a partisan political issue. The Biden administration has adopted wholesale from the preceding Trump administration both the Space Force and the Artemis mission to return to the moon. The continuity of space policy between the two very different presidencies has been both surprising and gratifying.
However, the nonpartisan nature of space policy may be about to change.