And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Something we'll never see again unless the private sector does it.
Maybe the space truck was a good idea. Maybe it wasn't. But that it came when it did was like hard braking of real exploration which held great promise. Or, maybe that whole idea of putting a man on the moon was just proof of concept and not meant to go any further.
Now we can simply float killer satellites as we weaponize space.
Maybe the space truck was a good idea. Maybe it wasn't. But that it came when it did was like hard braking of real exploration which held great promise. Or, maybe that whole idea of putting a man on the moon was just proof of concept and not meant to go any further.
ReplyDeleteNow we can simply float killer satellites as we weaponize space.
No no, the AF/NSA has the one they still launch from Vandenberg from time to time. SpaceX would do it for a fifth the price but you know, Vandenberg.
ReplyDeleteProvided of course that the private sector spends enough bribing politicians so that bureaucrats stay out of their way.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid it may be too late...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/3/biden-cancels-elon-musks-adventures-in-space/
They ought to be shot down anyway. Unless you don't, and can't, have kids or don't give a crap about their future, anyway.
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