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Read this korrent: NASA's flagship programmes eat the budget of the robotic science missions that actually make the discoveries.
NASA's flagship programmes eat the budget of the robotic science missions that actually make the discoveries.
Last stated 2 years ago
2 Oct 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: NASA's Moon programme is still designed for a launch market that no longer exists. — tap to centre the map on it
NASA's Moon programme is still designed for a launch market that no longer exists.
Last stated 5 years ago
28 Oct 2021
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2021-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: NASA's Space Launch System has consumed more than a hundred billion dollars and delivered almost nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
NASA's Space Launch System has consumed more than a hundred billion dollars and delivered almost nothing.
Last stated 2 years ago
2 Oct 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: NASA has deferred its next great telescope so far that the people who would build it will have retired first. — tap to centre the map on it
NASA has deferred its next great telescope so far that the people who would build it will have retired first.
Last stated 2 years ago
30 Nov 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Selling information rather than matter or power to Earth is the only space business that has ever paid. — tap to centre the map on it
Selling information rather than matter or power to Earth is the only space business that has ever paid.
Last stated 7 years ago
20 Aug 2019
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2019-08-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Robotic foundation models will not come out of a research lab, because building one is more like the Apollo programme than like a science experiment. — tap to centre the map on it
Robotic foundation models will not come out of a research lab, because building one is more like the Apollo programme than like a science experiment.
Last stated 12 months ago
12 Sept 2025
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Sergey Levine — holds since 2025-09-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nine tenths of the cost of Mars Sample Return comes from a single planetary-protection requirement. — tap to centre the map on it
Nine tenths of the cost of Mars Sample Return comes from a single planetary-protection requirement.
Last stated 12 months ago
13 Sept 2025
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The goal of spaceflight is the whole solar system, not any single destination the experts are arguing over. — tap to centre the map on it
The goal of spaceflight is the whole solar system, not any single destination the experts are arguing over.
Last stated 12 years ago
18 Sept 2014
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Wayne Hale — holds since 2014-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it.
Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 Apr 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Aim for moonshots: they attract the best people, leave you the path to yourself, and even sixty to eighty percent of one is a terrific success. — tap to centre the map on it
Aim for moonshots: they attract the best people, leave you the path to yourself, and even sixty to eighty percent of one is a terrific success.
Last stated a year ago
5 Jun 2025
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Sundar Pichai — holds since 2025-06-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it
A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past.
Last stated 2 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it
A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland.
Last stated 2 years ago
9 Nov 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it
About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants.
Last stated 6 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An off-grid data centre can delete its uninterruptible power supplies entirely, because the battery bank outside already is one. — tap to centre the map on it
An off-grid data centre can delete its uninterruptible power supplies entirely, because the battery bank outside already is one.
Last stated 2 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Batteries will replace transmission as the cheapest way to keep the lights on, and the grid will shrink rather than grow. — tap to centre the map on it
Batteries will replace transmission as the cheapest way to keep the lights on, and the grid will shrink rather than grow.
Last stated 9 months ago
8 Dec 2025
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-12-08 — tap for who they are
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NASA's flagship programmes eat the budget of the robotic science missions that actually make the discoveries.
Last stated 2 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds CH Casey Handmer
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NASA's Moon programme is still designed for a launch market that no longer exists.
Last stated 28 Oct 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds CH Casey Handmer
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NASA's Space Launch System has consumed more than a hundred billion dollars and delivered almost nothing.
Last stated 2 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds CH Casey Handmer
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NASA has deferred its next great telescope so far that the people who would build it will have retired first.
Last stated 30 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds CH Casey Handmer
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Selling information rather than matter or power to Earth is the only space business that has ever paid.
Last stated 20 Aug 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds CH Casey Handmer
Similar wording
Robotic foundation models will not come out of a research lab, because building one is more like the Apollo programme than like a science experiment.
Last stated 12 Sept 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds SL Sergey Levine
Similar wording
Nine tenths of the cost of Mars Sample Return comes from a single planetary-protection requirement.
Last stated 13 Sept 2025 · 12 months ago
Holds CH Casey Handmer
Similar wording
The goal of spaceflight is the whole solar system, not any single destination the experts are arguing over.
Last stated 18 Sept 2014 · 12 years ago
Holds WH Wayne Hale
Same subject: ambition
A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago
Holds Paul Graham
Same subject: ambition
AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: ambition
Aim for moonshots: they attract the best people, leave you the path to yourself, and even sixty to eighty percent of one is a terrific success.
Last stated 5 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Sundar Pichai
Same subject: solar
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 18 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AV Austin Vernon
Same subject: solar
A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past.
Last stated 30 Jun 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds CS Chris Smaje
Same subject: solar
A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland.
Last stated 9 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds CH Casey Handmer
Same subject: batteries
About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants.
Last stated 13 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds DP Dylan Patel
Same subject: batteries
An off-grid data centre can delete its uninterruptible power supplies entirely, because the battery bank outside already is one.
Last stated 18 Apr 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds AV Austin Vernon
Same subject: batteries
Batteries will replace transmission as the cheapest way to keep the lights on, and the grid will shrink rather than grow.
Last stated 8 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago
Holds CH Casey Handmer