The Star Road takes its toll.

View 848 Friday, October 31, 2014

“I have observed over the years that the unintended consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences.”

Irving Kristol

“Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.”

President Barack Obama, January 31, 2009

It has not been a good week for space development. The Wallops Island explosion destroyed not only a 60 year old Russian-made rocket, but some 48 experiments being sent up by NanoRacks. My son Richard is Senior Vice President at NanoRacks.)

http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbc-news-channel/students-watch-as-blast-destroys-science-projects-349413443943

http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/42353delay-saved-nanoracks-external-platform-from-antares-failure

I am now hearing radio announcements that Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two has crashed in the Mojave desert. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/SpaceShipTwo-Richard-Branson-Mojave-Desert-Test-Flight-281096472.html

The star road takes its toll. http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2view/view242.html#phoenix (Click on the map; this was posted after the Columbia disaster.)