20 years after we decided to go back to the Moon, we still haven’t made it back to the Moon. A trip to the Moon takes 6-9 days and a trip to Mars takes 6-9 months (launch windows to Mars are fewer and farther apart too).

Maybe the compromise would be to simply declare that the military installations are federal enclaves and that regardless of the surrounding state’s laws abortion is legal and provide as part of standard military healthcare. Then none of the soldiers or their partners would have to travel.

There is no ‘driver shortage’, there’s an issue with retention. Trucking companies continue to underpay and overwork their employees, along with going to an owner-operator model that puts the financial risks and liabilities on the drivers instead of the trucking companies (that have through mergers, regionalization,…

We had gas supply issues here in Texas a few years back due to hurricanes, and a couple of years ago we had week long outages due to snow. The EV owners generally came out better than most gas car owners since they could recharge whenever the power came back, but with the gas stations you had to hope that they had…

That’d only be a fair comparison if the kids built the car and the driveway, oh and the car was 10x cheaper and twice as powerful as any other car ever built

The Falcon Heavy uses 27 engines and it works just fine.

But, healthcare is type of commerce (unfortunately), so Idaho is trying to pass a law that limits interstate commerce. 

That’s one of the big pitfalls of nostalgia/venerating the past. The past was terrible, that’s why we changed things. There’s a reason they “don’t build them like they used to”. If you’re entire political identity revolves around trying to “bring back the good’ol days”, you cannot allow yourself to learn about how…

I went through and read a few of the linked articles. Paltrow claims the old guy hit her and they did both get entangled. Utah gives the right of way to the downhill skier and Paltrow and her group claim she was in the downhill position while the claimant says he was downhill.

Turning around while skiing is pretty hard though. Typically when skiing in a group you have an experienced skier bringing up the rear to help anyone who falls. It is also strange that this guy was hit hard enough to get seriously injured, but Paltrow wasn’t also knocked down.

It’s only March. We’ve had 49 school days this year at the school I work at.

I’ve been on track (cars) under white flag (slow moving vehicle on track) when a wrecker was sent out, but they always followed the track direction (and even that seemed pretty sketchy with how high the speed differential and closing speeds were). A waving yellow would indicate you might have to make a maneuver…

Yes, but you’d have to shoot it and you’d only get off without any trouble if it’s a male, you’re white, and the father is black.

The deadspin update clarified the whole deal, to paraphrase:

25 weeks is the estimate from fetal remains, which isn’t a great way to set a definitive date. Add to that “weeks pregnant” start from the last period, so the first signs of pregnancy could be at 12-15 weeks. Add in a couple of weeks to a month to figure out what can be done and how to do it and you end up with an…

So, there’s a right against self-incrimination and doctor/patient communications are private; how is it possible to get charged for seeking medical attention? I’d argue that this is an example of an unreasonable search, since the police would have no grounds to test a patient for medications based on the person going…

Fungi are more closely related to people than they are to plants.

Texas is also removing books from schools.

There are multiple redundant safety systems to prevent that. The real danger with elevators is falling into an open shaft. The majority of elevator related deaths is from walking into the open elevator shafts.

The destroyed the Unions first a couple of decades ago (in the Red States).