Monthly Archive: February 2013
Feb 27 2013
Mars flyby conference streaming live at 12 Noon central time — Now
Link is here, not sure if you can see it without registering press creds, I hope to have video and transcripts shortly. … There are candid details about the inherent risks, challanges, and mission architectures. But my favorite speaker so far has been Dennis Tito, the driving force behind this team. An example, paraphrasing to the …
Feb 26 2013
Save US Post Office & end the drug war all in one
It’s funny because it’s true. BTW if that image won’t render, it’s totally not my fault. The original is here.
Feb 26 2013
The Sequester, she approaches
Once again we see the bizarre creature that was once a consistent political partyP cleave into the beast with two heads. One head talks to the base and their propaganda organs in a language it hopes only they understand, cheering on the sequester and the downfall of Big Evil Government (When dems hold the WHtm). The other …
Feb 24 2013
NASA and NewSpace to suffer under sequestration
This kind of gives you an idea of the broad reach of what will happen if, at the end of next week, Congress isn’t able to cook up another deal to punt decision-making another month or year or whatever down the road:
Feb 24 2013
Mars flyby and other links
This was supposed to be a secret until this coming Wednesday, and it was secret, right up until someone spilled the beans almost a week early: Buzz is building about a planned 2018 private mission to Mars, which may launch the first humans toward the Red Planet. A nonprofit organization called the Inspiration Mars Foundation …
Feb 23 2013
Mr Cruz goes to Washington, & gets in hot water real fast
I’ve been watching this clown with interest ever since he ended up being one of our two wackaloon senators from Texas. Cruz has a big problem in the Lone Star State. It’s one of the last hold outs of the dying Teaparty, and a bunch of those crazy mother fuckers hate Hispanics. They just despise …
Feb 15 2013
Siberia takes another big hit from space, shock waves hit nearby towns
Second Update 7 PM Cdentral: This is now looks completely unrelated to the larger NEO. But interestingly, there are conspiracy theories now popping up, mostly in Russia, that this was an attack or test attack of some sort from an unfriendly nation and the Russian government is covering that up for political reasons. Or variations …
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Feb 25 2013
An ad for the ages
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by Stephen "DarkSyde" Andrew
The usual suspects will probably bitch and moan, but this genie isn’t going back into the bottle closet.
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