Yup. Government should hire a bunch of seriously well-paid procurement guys, who are personally incentivised to screw the private contractors to the ground. (View Post)

The single biggest question in space flight at the moment, is who exactly is prepared to put in the investment required to prevent a SpaceX monopoly? The best possible solution is likely to be some i… (View Post)

Imagine if that first debate had been on the usual schedule, just after the Conferences. (View Post)

That’s properly paywalled. I gave up on the Economist when it became really obvious that it was written by a bunch of 25-year-old arts graduates with a very tight style guide, who know almost nothing… (View Post)

A good question. You’ll usually find someone at Lloyds who will insure pretty much anything, and most likely hedge their bets by trading against the outcome they don’t want. The venue will likely hav… (View Post)