space

Scenes from the Toasty New Gilded Age

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 15, 2021

Sir Richard Branson stand by the Virgin Galactic Space craft at the Farnborough International Airshow on Nov. 7, 2012 in Hampshire. (Photo by Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images) A few stories from the American West over the last few days: Richard Branson finally got...

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Our Impressive President

By Erik Loomis

On July 1, 2017

This is great. Buzz Aldrin does not appear to be impressed by Trump's remarks about space. pic.twitter.com/RMLd3Hbrt4— Lauren Werner (@LaurenWern) July 1, 2017

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Challenger

By Erik Loomis

On January 28, 2016

Thirty years ago today, I, like millions of other children around the United States, was in front of a TV at school watching the first teacher fly into space. What.

This Day in Labor History: December 28, 1973

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 28, 2015

Does space have a labor history? The answer is yes. On December 28, 1973, the crew of Skylab went on a one-day strike to protest their working conditions and the pressure NASA placed on them to catch up on their experiments after one of them...

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Meteors

By Erik Loomis

On May 24, 2014

Anyone have any meteor stories to share from last night?

vap Remember, Republicans claim there are tens of millions of working age young men sitting around playing video games. An untapped labor pool that will be forced to work now.
Maybe start a rattlesnake ranch. Have some Mormons over to dinner. Eat tomatoes that have no taste · July 15, 2025
Karen, aka Cassandra of Texas I am a tomato snob and drive a long distance to buy fresh greenhouse tomatoes from a farm stand, which are already expensive. That said, I also eat the occasional Whataburger and that’s where these...
Maybe start a rattlesnake ranch. Have some Mormons over to dinner. Eat tomatoes that have no taste · July 15, 2025
twbb The weirdest op-ed I saw was some very right-wing tradcath (I forget who it was, it could have been Douthat but I don't think so) who simultaneously attacked LGBs as immoral but defended trans...
Maybe start a rattlesnake ranch. Have some Mormons over to dinner. Eat tomatoes that have no taste · July 15, 2025
ala_carte_7 I know billionaires (the kind that make Forbes lists) within 3 degrees of separation and have eaten meals with them. They will eat often enough at low to mid cost restaurants that a worsening of food...
Maybe start a rattlesnake ranch. Have some Mormons over to dinner. Eat tomatoes that have no taste · July 15, 2025
Rob in CT Slava Ukraini. I don't have much to add to that. This is basically the best we can expect from Donnie on this issue.
Trump Gets Frustrated · July 15, 2025