I swear, this guy is one of us
Much love to Cynic-in-waiting Paul Contursi, who offered us this very cynical take on on-orbit refueling by Rob Coppinger. Equally entertaining are the comments.
Read More I swear, this guy is one of usCategory: offworlding
Didn’t we already discuss this?
I saw in Space Daily yesterday an interesting take on “spaceports”. The money quote from the sidebar was: “All in all, there are some 20 active, or soon to be active, space launch sites around the world. Last year the total worldwide orbital launch count was 68. Simple arithmetic tells us that the average number […]
Read More Didn’t we already discuss this?Who’s Going to Clean Up This Mess..?
I recently received an email alert from the National Space Society (NSS) urging me to contact my Senators to strongly encourage them to reject ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST). They lay out a number of interesting, if highly debatable, arguments, including “it can set precedent that would render the even grander […]
Read More Who’s Going to Clean Up This Mess..?Outsourcing – > Offshoring – > Off-worlding?
My fiancee works as a human resources executive for a large global call-center outsourcing business. As a result, I get to hear great stories of life in the outsourcing world (having “worked” briefly in call center ops myself when I was at Capital One – our group was responsible in part for the call centers […]
Read More Outsourcing – > Offshoring – > Off-worlding?
Space Enthusiast (formerly Cynic) 