This blog is a direct follow up of Starship Is Still Not Understood, and is part of the series on popular misconceptions in space journalism. Now available in audio form. I think it is relatively s…| Casey Handmer's blog
Or, basic surface infrastructure for the Moon and Mars. I’ve written a few blogs about space stuff over the last couple of years but I’m not yet out of ideas. The usual disclaimers appl…| Casey Handmer's blog
This post is part of the series on space topics. This post is not the last word on this topic. The usual caveats apply. I’m curious if you have strong opinions on different fuel mixes. A grow…| Casey Handmer's blog
Part of my series on common misconceptions in space journalism. Now available in audio form. SpaceX has been working on some variant of the Big Falcon Rocket for almost a decade, with a publicly an…| Casey Handmer's blog
How much ancient text might we recover from the library in the Villa of Papyri in Herculaneum? How much was there to begin with? We know it was a huge luxurious villa filled with exquisite art work…| Casey Handmer's blog
Or, why Elon Musk’s impossible hardware businesses have succeeded. Audio version. “Why should I work on hardware???” I hear you cry. Not because I work on hardware, and I need you…| Casey Handmer's blog