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8:30 The white-obsessed are many and well-armed. I could have told them there were far more people ready for violence than they imagined. I have seen it for years in my workplace.

“OSIP is ESA’s website that enables the submission of novel ideas for space technology and applications.” “Anybody is welcome to submit ideas through OSIP. The platform supports individuals who wish to contribute to European space research and interact with space industry experts. It also encourages ideas from legal entities interested in interacting with ESA and gaining fundingContinue reading “Yet More Parabolic Comments”

Some more Parabolic Arc comments: 1. No “commercial” human-crewed platform will ever exist in LEO as there is no ROI. Notice I did not refer to it as a “space station.” I generally only do that to mock the space station to nowhere. A true space station would have two features; first a massive cosmicContinue reading “Shiny Number Four Blows Up”

Anybody with any practical technical knowledge that has read a stack of books on space travel should understand the basic problems involved. This does not appear to be the case, at least for those who have popular YouTube channels. If you were to pick the way to get human beings down from space in theContinue reading “No Space Planes please”

A very interesting Salon article by Chauncey DeVega: The right-wing “cancel culture” mob has once again grabbed their torches and pitchforks. Their newest target is documentary filmmaker and political commentator Michael Moore. What is Moore’s most recent offense? In response to Monday’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, Moore tweeted “The life of Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa shows that people canContinue reading “Basic Psychology”

Quantum “unconditionally” secured communications make human-crewed combat aircraft obsolete. The most expensive DOD program in history- the F-35- is a boondoggle and the ultimate expression of “pork.” The most incredibly expensive waste of taxpayer dollars is not this single weapon system though, it is the replacement of legacy systems now underway to the tune ofContinue reading “More Parabolic Comments”

How many more billions down the Mars rathole? It is, like LEO, a complete dead end. The snake oil salesmen calling it the next home of humankind are promoting the absurd. Any naked mole rat/humans living in tunnels under Mars would dream of one thing; going back to Earth. Except living for years in aContinue reading “Parabolic Comments”

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2021/03/03/spacexs-starship-sn9-flies-lands-takes-off-again-and-explodes/ I have to put this article about space after the video about politics because both feature different cults: The Cult of Trump and The Cult of Musk. With not too much difference between the two. This idea that there are givers and takers, that people who are not white are the takers…is fundamental toContinue reading “Cults”

Everything we are seeing cause division and conflict in our society can be traced back to one issue. It is about…taxes. How much must be paid? Everyone wants to be rich, to be the richest, to be the king of the world. The communists saw all money as a function of property, of land andContinue reading “Redistribution of Wealth is Key”