Twitter Posts on 2008-10-25
- Mandarin phrase of the day: wo mei you mei jing = I have no American money. How appropriate to the global markets. #
- Ohio candidates focus on predatory lending. The blame game goes on. #
- Russian spacecraft builder hit by financial crisis. Awww, that’s too bad. #
point 3 … that is too bad, because with no continuing political will to fund its own heavy-space-lift capability vis a vis funding for new and expanded social programs, the US will need to rent it somewhere. Maybe that gets outsourced to India too?
A private company headquartered in Hawthorne, CA called Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is the front runner to produce low cost, commercial launch vehicles. CEO Elon Musk is living proof that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and succeeding in the US.