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Read this korrent: NASA's Space Launch System has consumed more than a hundred billion dollars and delivered almost nothing.
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: Once launch is cheap, the engineering effort spacecraft designers spend shaving off mass buys nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
Once launch is cheap, the engineering effort spacecraft designers spend shaving off mass buys nothing.
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 flagship programmes eat the budget of the robotic science missions that actually make the discoveries. — tap to centre the map on it
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: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A conspiracy theory can be used as a pretext to dismantle government programs and target researchers and citizens. — tap to centre the map on it
A conspiracy theory can be used as a pretext to dismantle government programs and target researchers and citizens.
Last stated 2 months ago
4 Sept 2026
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Anne Applebaum — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A federal officer can violate the Fourth Amendment and the victim still have no way to sue, because the Bivens remedy has been cut back to almost nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
A federal officer can violate the Fourth Amendment and the victim still have no way to sue, because the Bivens remedy has been cut back to almost nothing.
Last stated 9 months ago
22 Jan 2026
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Orin Kerr — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A threat loses First Amendment protection only if the speaker was at least reckless about it being taken as a threat. — tap to centre the map on it
A threat loses First Amendment protection only if the speaker was at least reckless about it being taken as a threat.
Last stated 3 years ago
27 Jun 2023
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Ken White — holds since 2023-06-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America borrowed cheaply from the world and spent it on consumption rather than investment, exactly as Greece did. — tap to centre the map on it
America borrowed cheaply from the world and spent it on consumption rather than investment, exactly as Greece did.
Last stated 2 years ago
14 Apr 2025
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John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American administrations have the power to disconnect any individual or foreign government from digital infrastructure provided by American Big Tech — tap to centre the map on it
American administrations have the power to disconnect any individual or foreign government from digital infrastructure provided by American Big Tech
Last stated a year ago
3 Jun 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: NASA can still be reorganised into an agency that exploits cheap heavy lift, and the next administrator will decide whether it is. — tap to centre the map on it
NASA can still be reorganised into an agency that exploits cheap heavy lift, and the next administrator will decide whether it is.
Last stated 2 years ago
2 Oct 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2021-03-04 — tap for who they are
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Casey Handmer — no longer holds since 2024-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: NASA's lunar quarantine after the Apollo missions was theater meant to reassure the public rather than genuine biocontainment. — tap to centre the map on it
NASA's lunar quarantine after the Apollo missions was theater meant to reassure the public rather than genuine biocontainment.
Last stated 6 years ago
13 Mar 2021
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Gwern — holds since 2021-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Pentagon has never said publicly which anti-satellite weapons it is preparing against, which means it may not know. — tap to centre the map on it
The Pentagon has never said publicly which anti-satellite weapons it is preparing against, which means it may not know.
Last stated 3 years ago
25 Mar 2024
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Brian G. Chow — holds since 2024-03-25 — tap for who they are
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