Marek Ziebart
@marekziebart.bsky.social
Professor of Space Geodesy, University College London. Me: mathematics, space technology, music, art, literature, philosophy, geopolitics.
PS Of course, I’m a little disingenuous, we can create fusion on Earth. The trick is getting more energy out than you put in.
September 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
PS Of course, I’m a little disingenuous, we can create fusion on Earth. The trick is getting more energy out than you put in.
Look very carefully and you can you see your future self looking back longingly through the tunnel and exclaiming, “Remember the good old days, back on the other side of the tunnel?”
September 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Look very carefully and you can you see your future self looking back longingly through the tunnel and exclaiming, “Remember the good old days, back on the other side of the tunnel?”
And then, Jo Rabbit (metamorphed from the oh-so-inappropriate Lupo) and his plucky band of philosopher coneys (fleeing the myxomatosis that is British political philosophy) infiltrate the Warren, escape and defeat General Trumpwort on the slopes of Watergate Down. Get in!
September 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
And then, Jo Rabbit (metamorphed from the oh-so-inappropriate Lupo) and his plucky band of philosopher coneys (fleeing the myxomatosis that is British political philosophy) infiltrate the Warren, escape and defeat General Trumpwort on the slopes of Watergate Down. Get in!
Actually, yes. I have worked for over two years (with the OECD) on a proposal for a new UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the space environment and space traffic management (SDG18). I’m about to publish some of that.
September 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Actually, yes. I have worked for over two years (with the OECD) on a proposal for a new UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the space environment and space traffic management (SDG18). I’m about to publish some of that.
Hi Maya - the short answer is a resounding no. But a few of us are trying to formulate plans, models and technology roadmaps. A more disturbing issue is that the general population are unaware of decisions being taken by powerful commercial actors that potentially affect the future of all.
September 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hi Maya - the short answer is a resounding no. But a few of us are trying to formulate plans, models and technology roadmaps. A more disturbing issue is that the general population are unaware of decisions being taken by powerful commercial actors that potentially affect the future of all.
And…
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your tariffs up,
You put your tariffs down,
Up. Down. Shake ‘em all around.
You do the Hokey Cokey,
And you meet Poo-Tin
That’s what it’s all about.
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your tariffs up,
You put your tariffs down,
Up. Down. Shake ‘em all around.
You do the Hokey Cokey,
And you meet Poo-Tin
That’s what it’s all about.
August 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
And…
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your tariffs up,
You put your tariffs down,
Up. Down. Shake ‘em all around.
You do the Hokey Cokey,
And you meet Poo-Tin
That’s what it’s all about.
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
Oh, do the Hokey Cokey
That’s what it’s all about.
You put your tariffs up,
You put your tariffs down,
Up. Down. Shake ‘em all around.
You do the Hokey Cokey,
And you meet Poo-Tin
That’s what it’s all about.
I’m minded of Kerouac’s quote in “On the Road” (it’s not his line): “Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?”
August 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I’m minded of Kerouac’s quote in “On the Road” (it’s not his line): “Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?”
Would you settle for irritate? Indulge? Incite?
July 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Would you settle for irritate? Indulge? Incite?