My condolences anent the current dysfunctional leftist politics of your unfortunate nation. The entire Anglosphere has been thus afflicted recently. Fortunately, the political left are much like the erstwhile German army and tend to attack prematurely when they imagine themselves to be stronger than they actually are.

They came a-cropper in the U.S. this political season and there would appear to be encouraging signs that Canada may soon follow suit. Even the British left appears to be rapidly wearing out its welcome with the godawful beta male Keir Starmer behaving even more banana republican than our own Sleepy Joe Biden and without the excuse of being near terminally demented. Perhaps the Brits are on the cusp of finding their long-missing gonads again. One can certainly hope.

Even Middle Earth has put paid to its most recent Labour administration with the Nationals now back in charge – or at least as “in charge” as any of the Kiwi’s perennially semi-stable coalition governments ever is.

So here’s to near-term exits by both Trudeau and Starmer and a return to rational government in Oz.

Setting up shop in Australia may well prove to be a mistake, but I suspect we will find that some other mistakes have preceded it. There are several aspects of Titans Space’s fundamental architecture and concept of operations that strike me as being iffy as heck.

The bureaucracies of Oz seem – from my distant perch here in the U.S. – to be very much as you characterize them. Nice to have confirmation on that point from a knowledgeable local.

Not that bureaucratic Karens are exactly a novelty this side of the Equator either. We are fortunate that the recent presidential election has now set in motion forces that will be bringing something akin to Thor’s Hammer down on such people starting in January. I wish the good people of Oz all the luck and pluck you need to send the Albanese administration to the showers in the same way we did the Bidenistas and as soon as possible. The world is a serious place. We don’t need major and important countries being run by either the feeble-minded or by spiteful and petulant children.

Bless anybody who can make SSTO’s work.

Titans Space’s fundamental proposition is that Elon is doing things all wrong and that something completely different is actually the long-term correct approach – an undeniably gutsy stance at this point. And one that is the polar opposite of the view taken by Vast which has cast its lot with SpaceX.

I can’t say that I expect Titans Space to succeed, but one cannot help being impressed with its two-fisted pugnacity. And, win or lose, I think Titans Space is correct that tourism will be an early killer app for both LEO and cis-lunar space.