NASA’s safety panel warns of space policy confusion
NASA’s safety panel fears the consequences of the present confusion in space policy.
Year: 2011
Confessions of a Greenpeace founder
The confessions of a Greenpeace founder. Key quote:
The truth is Greenpeace and I had divergent evolutions. I became a sensible environmentalist; Greenpeace became increasingly senseless as it adopted an agenda that is anti-science, anti-business, and downright anti-human.
Other quotes of interest:
The collapse of world communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall during the 1980s added to the trend toward extremism. The Cold War was over and the peace movement was largely disbanded. The peace movement had been mainly Western-based and anti-American in its leanings. Many of its members moved into the environmental movement, bringing with them their neo-Marxist, far-left agendas. To a considerable extent the environmental movement was hijacked by political and social activists who learned to use green language to cloak agendas that had more to do with anti-capitalism and anti-globalization than with science or ecology.
And:
There is no cause for alarm about climate change. The climate is always changing. Some of the proposed “solutions” would be far worse than any imaginable consequence of global warming, which will likely be mostly positive. Cooling is what we should fear.
Researchers aim to resurrect mammoth in five years
Japanese researchers are going to try to resurrect the extinct mammoth, using cloning technology.
Court rules that a cat summoned for jury duty must serve
Our government in action: A Boston court has ruled that a cat summoned for jury duty must serve.
“If a lie does live, then of course your career is over and your reputation is thrashed.”
A Private Space Shuttle Replacement
A private space shuttle replacement. And it ain’t SpaceX or Orbital Sciences!
Due to a leak from Wikileaks the head of the European GPS program has been fired
Due to a leak from Wikileaks, the head of one of the companies building the European GPS system has been fired. Key quote:
The [Wikileaks] cable, which was published by the Norwegian daily Aftenposten last Thursday, quoted the [chief executive] as saying, “I think Galileo [the European GPS system] is a stupid idea that primarily serves French interests”, and, in particular, French military interests.
Advertising Could Pay for a Mission to Mars, Scientist Says
Let advertisers pay for a mission to Mars.
Diner scene from Five Easy Pieces
An evening pause: All Jack Nicholson wants is some toast. Five Easy Pieces (1970). This scene is probably more famous than the film itself.
2010 Sea Level: Largest drop ever recorded?
2010 sea level: The largest drop ever recorded? Key quote:
2006 was the first year to show a drop in the global sea level. 2010 will be the 2nd year to show a decrease in sea level. That is correct, 2 of the past 5 years are going to show a decrease in sea level. 2010 could likely show a significant drop global sea level. By significant I mean it is possible that it will likely drop between 2-3 mm from 2009.
All IPCC predictions insist that increased carbon dioxide will cause sea level rise. All these predictions are now wrong, as carbon dioxide is still increasing in the atmosphere but the sea level has actually been going down.
Man faces charges for defying TSA agents
Man faces charges for defying TSA agents. Key quote:
“ What’s really at root in this case is whether travel is a right that we have under the Constitution – an ability to move about the country without having to show papers – which has been one of the defining characteristics of American freedom, “ Hasbrouck said.