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It was a little slow last night and I had a fairly involved argument during breaks with a coworker. The issues encompassed politics, ethics, morality, etc. Since most of my coworkers are almost all extremely conservative I normally would never get into it with them but this person is the one exception and is notContinue reading “Analytical Armament”

Persistent players in my inner fantasy world seem to make an appearance in popular culture at regular intervals. In this case, not so much fantasy but nightmare. Imagine the end of the world. Really. Not kidding. It could happen. Most people don’t believe that. I believe there is a mechanism hidden from conscious view thatContinue reading “Ergo Big Three”

  http://www.astronautix.com/n/novamm1c.html The average American never really accepted the idea of millions of tax dollars in hardware being used for a few minutes and then dropped in the ocean. Watching that 3000 ton 39 story high fire-spewing roaring spire disappear into the sky and only a tiny capsule barely large enough to carry 3 peopleContinue reading “F-1A, Nova, M-1, and how we failed”

NASA has a new head of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. A really good pick since she was an expert on the RCS and OMS on the Shuttle. Now she has to deal with the new elephant in the room NASA will not discuss with the public: the hypergolic abort systems onContinue reading “Kathy in Control”

Watched the John Oliver episode on Police on YouTube. The last minute and a half really got to me. “They are lucky what black people are looking for is equality and not revenge.” Thank you John for the “sentient polo mallet” remark. Make no mistake what is being discussed here is poverty. No job, noContinue reading “Lucky”

I was going to write about China and their space solar power plans in reply to a comment by Barry. Then…I began to think about future launch vehicles and spacecraft in general and decided to write specifically about spaceships. Sorry Barry. I have touched on the various elements involved in spaceflight in other posts butContinue reading “The First True Spaceship”

The day has finally come I dreaded for close to a decade. The billionaire hobbyist has sent his hobby rocket into Low Earth Orbit with a pair of unfortunate humans. Congrats to Bridenstine for “the win” and I hope he stays unsullied if something goes wrong. In 1930 “the capitalist airship” R-100 flew the AtlanticContinue reading “Der Tag”

I received a phone call last week concerning my job performance, which had been suffering due to overwork and a work related disease, and it was not good news. I am now faced with a big change in my life. After planning on continuing to work for another 10 years till I was close toContinue reading “The Phone Call From QAnon”

I was raised an Atheist and married a devout Christian. How does that work you might ask. It works because I reconciled my disbelief with my belief. A child’s basic personality is formed by the age of eight or so. It is extremely difficult to change that, but behaviors and beliefs can be “modified” toContinue reading “Flat Earth and Death”

I was going through my email and found a Wordsmith.org that really hit home. As I often do I saw a connection with another interesting item:  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52583322 So I thought I would write an entry on it. USAGE: “If the corona curves continue to crest, Covid-19 might expose as much about the dead hand ofContinue reading “Mortmain”