I’ve noticed a lot of impatience in the blogosphere over the lack of an Obama pick for NASA administrator. Some people have even been pining for Mike Griffin to take the reigns again (as much of an unmitigated disaster as that would be). Personally, I would recommend patience. I’d rather Obama take his time and [...]
Monthly Archive for March, 2009
Inigo Montoya Moments in Economics
Posted in Economics on Mar 25th, 2009
I just watched The Princess Bride again a couple of days ago. One of my favorite lines in the movie is when Inigo turns to Vizinni (after he said “Inconceivable!” for the bajillionth time) and says “You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” That’s what I [...]
Keeping the “Dismal” in “The Dismal Science”
Posted in Economics on Mar 17th, 2009
Sorry for another non-space blog post (space posts take time!) I saw this link over on Arnold Kling’s blog, and thought it was worth sharing. The article is reviewing a book that’s almost as old as I am: The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities, by Mancur Olson. Basically, the [...]
Second Blog?
Posted in Administrivia on Mar 9th, 2009
I’m thinking of starting a second blog, one focused more on non-space stuff (things like recipes, family pictures, anecdotes, etc). My blog regular readership right now is probably 90-95% people interested in space stuff, and 5-10% family and friends. For friends and family, I’m not sure how interesting all my long-winded and esoteric space posts [...]
Existence of a Crisis Does Not Imply Existence of an Easy Solution
Posted in Economics on Mar 6th, 2009
Just a quick thought on the economic situation. A few days ago, Pat Lang (who usually blogs about military issues) had a post asking people’s opinions on whether the current economic situation was just a typical business cycle downturn, or whether it was a financial Gotterdammerung. His point was that in reading a lot of [...]
Light Blogging Again
Posted in Administrivia on Mar 5th, 2009
Sorry guys (and gals!) for the light blogging. We finally got into testing our 750lbf engines at work over the past month or so, and especially in the past few days, the testing tempo has increased quite a bit. Between that and an AIAA paper that I really need to start putting more time into [...]