www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

I am in Atlanta if anyone wants to meet up at GT Waffle House tomorrow morning at 8:00 am.

Which brings up a very important question:

How does a nation whose democratic systems run on 2 and 6-year cycles make decisions that occur in decadal cycles? THAT is one of our fundamental problems. ALL of our near-peer adversaries can operate in decadal cycles, whereas we cannot.

I don't care what you're doing right now. "Right Now" is irrelevant. If you are an investor, a startup, or anything else, what matters is what comes NEXT. The people who write those rules get to define the fundamental reality all humans adhere to. That's the business model.

Whoever builds, wins.

Space Frontier Foundation Welcomes Cancellation of Space Launch System

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Space Frontier Foundation praised the FY2026 NASA Budget's cancellation of the Space Launch System (SLS) after the Artemis III mission ...

www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

Imagining a Slower, More Hands-On America
open.substack.com/pub/rocketfo...

"We can’t afford the distraction of being pulled into a stupid fight over space destinations when the real issue is what kind of space destiny our children will inherit. We want to bequeath them – literally – all of the above."

- Bob Walker,

www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...

It is time to go to Mars,
LEO,
the Moon,
Venus,
Ceres,
and Titan.

Go. Everywhere.

Stellae sunt fatum manifestum nostrum.

I know the phrase "manifest destiny" has baggage for some, but I still think it's the best phrase available...

My major nit with Trump's speech is that it needed a call for the Americans to respond to his aspirations for the country with their own aspirations. A great America doesn't hand out jobs you want; it provides jobs that need to be done. You have to step up, too.

This algorithm-driven generational angst is pissing me off. Your parents sacrificed for you regardless of what generation you were.

You fucking OWE them.

Be nice. Stop being a dick. Keep your angst between you and your therapist.

Call them. Tell them you love them and say thank you.

Building the future:
1) Congress passes a joint resolution stating that the United States will be a multiplanetary nation and to that end it will structure financial, industrial, and national security policy to encourage the following goals:

If we're going to get creative, here's a partial plan that goes beyond just NASA reform and gets to enabling an industry:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3c...

Whether the Learning Period for human spaceflight is extended or not, 3 things need to be preserved:
1) preserve the informed consent regime
2) Agencies are prohibited from treating spaceflight as a common carrier
3) a regulatory escape hatch that allows people to knowingly do dangerous things

The best I can tell, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is the legal equivalent of a Blue Ribbon Commission. It has no power other than to recommend. While some of its recommendations may be useful and needed, it is still up to Congress and the Agencies to implement it

I'm here now. I wonder if my old Orkut account still works.