Comments on: April 23, 2025 Quick space links

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 06:17:51 +0000

Even more the case with operating systems…

Karswell’s curses or Kurzweil’s coding—it all comes down to casting the runes.

By: Dick Eagleson

Dick Eagleson — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:18:49 +0000

Jeff Wright,

Robert A. Heinlein’s classic story ‘Magic, Inc.’ posited that modern physicists were actually mages. “Geon holes” and other such terminology does make it seem that modern physicists are, indeed, mages and are looking to invent new language with which to compose new spells.

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:50:59 +0000

To Mitch

This looks to be a follow on of John Wheeler’s geometrodynamics.

Some other articles:

“Einstein’s dream of a unified field theory accomplished?” April 10, 2025

“Electromagnetism is a property of spacetime itself” July 23, 2021

“Study proposes combining continuum mechanics with Einstein field equations.” July 24, 2023 …Piotr Ogonowski

All from phys.org

Wheeler wrote about “geon holes” in one book…some talk about “charge without charge” and “mass without mass.”

By: Dick Eagleson

Dick Eagleson — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:53:33 +0000

Mitch S.,

I think we’re already overdue for anti-grav Deloreans and Mr. Fusions to run them. But it’s good to see that the physicists are still in there swinging.

Richard M,

Well, that’s just what the news is. Can’t blame ‘ole Jeff for reporting the news accurately. I agree that the whole Boeing/Starliner soap opera is seriously lacking in any news for which even a shaky grin is appropriate. Reasons for laughter and the turning of handsprings, I think, will continue to elude us utterly. So it goes.

By: Richard M

Richard M — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:46:23 +0000

Jeff Foust’s new article on Starliner and ASAP is every bit as depressingly predictable as we’ve come to expect:
https://spacenews.com/boeing-reports-progress-on-containing-starliner-costs/

By: Mitch S.

Mitch S. — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:39:53 +0000

Something unrelated but space related:
Is gravity really gravity?
A new take on gravity with a quantum twist – is dark matter in trouble?
Don’t know if this theory will go anywhere but it’s good to see physicists thinking outside the box:

https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/new-theory-suggests-gravity-is-not-a-fundamental-force/

By: Dick Eagleson

Dick Eagleson — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:10:21 +0000

The Kuiper team are the guys Elon fired a few years back for slow-rolling Starlink – a move that is looking better and better as time goes by.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 01:20:23 +0000

Hey that’s not a Cybertruck pulling the Raptor 3 engine.

By: Patrick Underwood

Patrick Underwood — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:44:52 +0000

Kuiper: Immensely complex and high risk!

Sorry, couldn’t resist.