Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The New System That Could ACTUALLY Replace Rockets

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This system would be great at launching material into orbit with one system and for human transport with another, more gentle system. There ...
Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Cultural Theory Today - 9 Sept 25

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Two stories for today. 1. HHS released a report on childhood health that affirmed the Secretary's biases on diet and exercise and his va...
Monday, September 01, 2025

How Close Are We To Building A Practical Skyhook?

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The problem with space elevators is artificial satellites crashing into them. You could not have a depot at low earth orbit unless you could...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Unfalsifiable Astrophysics: 3 Kinds of Research with Nothing to (Dis)prove

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In empiricist science, falsification means that you can only get it wrong once. In exploratory science, you only need to get it right once (...
Monday, June 30, 2025

Face facts! Starship will never get humans to the Moon! BUT it can do ...

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No Starship or Falcon upper stage should ever deorbit. Find a nice place in space to orbit them and put an Axiom station there as well to ma...
Friday, May 23, 2025

Did Climate Skeptics Get THIS Right?!

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A few years ago, I wrote a paper on how global warming works and how science is not effectively communicating. I will stick to the science i...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Does the Universe SPIN once every 500 billion years?!

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The question is whether or not our motion toward the great attractor is the universe circling the drain. We know we are heading there, but c...

Did I get it COMPLETELY wrong last week??

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Agriculture has grown - with its costs and benefits evening out. Coal in China is a problem - and if you look at how actual Chinese people l...
Saturday, May 10, 2025

Could We Land On The Moon Using Only A Single Starship Launch? Building ...

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Three. One fueled booster to launch the landing module and the crew orbital module as the other two. Transfer vehicle can be a stage two of ...