Film

ST XI: Doomed from the Start?

Check out this blast from the past: Others caution that ”Trek” can’t revive itself by merely wooing young viewers. Says writer-producer Michael Piller, ”You could make a very good case that Gene Roddenberry’s fundamental decision back in the ’60s that…

Space

An Answer to the Fermi Paradox

From WWdn in Exile: the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys The question was originally posed by Enrico Fermi, and has become known as the Fermi Paradox: The extreme age of the universe and its vast number of…

Politics Space

Chinese Test Anti-Satellite Weapon

As reported in Aviation Week, the Chinese gov’t: performed a successful anti-satellite (asat) weapons test at more than 500 mi. altitude Jan. 11 destroying an aging Chinese weather satellite target with a kinetic kill vehicle launched on board a ballistic…

Libertarian Podcast

Salute to Penn

Pennradio is off the air. I’m a little sad, I was just getting into it. However, I”ll try to take a passage from Penn himself and say: It doesn’t bother me, because Behind me is the PastAhead of me is…

Meniere's Philosophy Status

Slow and Steady

As usual. Another week has passed, and I still haven’t worked up a decent blog entry. Took a stab at one tonight, only to draw the conclusion that the thoughts I want to express are still half-baked. “they’re always half-baked!”…

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