It is, however, more capable than the Saturn IB rocket, which was the immediate predecessor to the Saturn V. And as the Saturn IB cost, in todays dollars, $336 million per launch and a Falcon 9 will … (View Post)

On risk: there's a well-known human tendency to think of things in a binary fashion. Things are A or B. Risky or not risky. We are safe or we are not safe. Those saying that the public are mis-a… (View Post)

The economy is another one where we've got our mental quirks. That there is a good option and a bad option and we have to find the good one. In pandemics, the recommended economic solution march… (View Post)

That was where I came in. Accepting a massive change to our social way of life, or accepting widespread deaths are both in the highly unlikely segment, from everything I can see. That’s why I believe… (View Post)

I can certainly see your point - but to take the step of writing off the whole hospitality industry and accepting the permanent end of restaurants and bars and places of entertainment as we know them… (View Post)