Rand Simberg
A New Age of Low Cost Launch?
The biggest airplane in the world as a launch platform for rockets into space.
‘Shuttlyndra’ and the Smoking Rocket
A NASA study, suppressed by the agency, definitively shows that the Senate Launch System isn't needed.
It’s the Space Development and Settlement, Stupid
Columbus didn’t sail across the seas for the sake of “exploration.”
In Praise of Entrepreneurs
I won’t say that I would be the last person to praise Steve Jobs, Apple founder, but I’d certainly be way down the list. (Also read Richard Fernandez: "It's a Wonderful Life")
NASA’s ‘Shuttlyndra’ a Massive Waste of Tax Dollars
This is a tale of a government investment gone far awry.
Will NASA Abandon Ship?
Problems with the Russian crew rocket may force the space agency to abandon the space station.
The Telescope that Ate Space Science
The next generation space telescope is several hundred percent over budget and is stealing cash from other worthy science projects at NASA.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Revenue Enhancements
No time to let up on the pressure by Republicans for spending cuts with no tax increases.
How Congress Sabotages Space Exploration
We cannot afford to continue to do space business as usual as the nation becomes more and more fiscally strapped.
Hey Democrats: Why Does Weiner Have To Go, but Bill Clinton Didn’t?
Where was the outrage from Dems when Bill was committing actual federal felonies to cover up his actual sex scandal?
Star Dreck: It’s High Time For a New Space Policy
The command and control of the Cold War era is light years behind us. Also read First and last moonwalkers blast Obama space policy, at the Tatler.
Europeanizing American Space Activities by Stealth
Obama is proposing to bind the U.S. by executive order to a European "Code of Conduct" for space activities that would stifle missile defense and open our commercial space industry to the prying eyes of competitors.
Bin Laden’s Burial at Sea: Are We Undermining ‘Moderate’ Muslims?
CAIR and other "moderates" continually remind us that Osama bin Laden was not what Islam is all about. Then why bury him as a devout Muslim?
NASA Over a Russian Barrel
The Russians are asking exorbitant fees to transport our astronauts to the space station while preventing American private companies from doing the job.
Eerie Coincidences in Failure of NASA Climate Monitoring Satellites
The failure of two NASA satellites built to study climate change raises the unlikely — but still possible — specter of sabotage.
Wisconsin: What’s the Right Analogy?
Forget comparing what's happening in Madison right now to Greece, Egypt, Guernica, or Jutland. Think Gettysburg.
Giffords Shooting: Don’t Just Do Something — Stand There
The only lessons to be learned from the tragedy in Tucson are the age-old ones that life isn’t fair and sometimes bad things happen to good people.
The Dishonest ‘Tax Cut’ Debate
It’s nonsensical to describe avoiding further damage to the economy as a “stimulus.”
Out-of-this-World Pork in the Beehive State
How the Utah congressional delegation is betraying fiscal conservatism.
WIth NASA Budget, Time for Republicans To Be … Republicans
There is no reason to continue NASA programs, like the Space Launch System, that can be more efficiently run privately, and which provide meaningless prestige rather than progress.
You Just Might Be a Marxist
Many people uphold Marxist tenets without considering themselves Marxists.
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