Astronauts tend to be boring. But depending on the state of the Union in 2028, boring might be just the job. If there is a Union in 2028 and it's still having competitive elections. (View Post)

The catch is that, if you want the most effective explorers of space, you don't use humans at all- you use robots. Or better still, remote sensing. Manned spaceflight largely is an expensive PR … (View Post)

That, presumably, was then. This is now, and hasn't the Supreme Court ruled that the President kind of is above the law, at least in certain circumstances? Anyway, if anyone ought to be locked u… (View Post)

You know what's really depressing? Trump behaves like a sh1t because he is a sh1t, and makes no bones about it. What you see is what you get and if you have chosen it (as the American people did… (View Post)

LOCK THEM UP, as someone almost once said. (View Post)