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A Mural, America, Changes, and Doing Our Job 0 (0)

Things keep changing. That’s hardly a new idea. “Everything changes and nothing stands still” (“πάντα χωρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει”, quoted by Plato in “Cratylus” )(Heraclitus, Wikiquote) I’ll be talking about the new mural in my town’s Walmart, how this isn’t … Continue reading

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Skylon Defunct, Radian PFV01 Test Flights Begin 0 (0)

Sooner or later, I figure someone will develop a spaceplane that takes off from places like Tampa International Airport, carries passengers and cargo to low Earth orbit, and flies back: either to the airport it came from, or the next … Continue reading

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Radian Aerospace PFV01, Remembering Max Valier 0 (0)

It’s not what I’m writing about this week, but an article in TechCrunch about a prototype space plane got my attention. And reminded me of a promising development of the 1920s that didn’t work out. About a century back, someone … Continue reading

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Something New: Polaris Dawn Commercial Test Flight 0 (0)

A very quick overview of a commercial human spaceflight mission, an excerpt from the news, and an embedded video which may provide live coverage. Continue reading

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SNCF Summer Olympics Sabotage: It Could Have Been Worse 0 (0)

This isn’t, or isn’t quite, what I’ll be talking about this week. But what strikes me as a probably-pecksniffian — look it up — nasty prank got my attention: About speculation mentioned in the Reuters summary: there’s no reported evidence, … Continue reading

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