Could the current financial crisis have given us a reprieve from a boom in nuclear power spreading around the world? Not if my recent visit to URENCO is any indication! Many have argued that the so-called “nuclear renaissance,” will bring a dramatic increase in the use of nuclear power. Others point to the shaky financial …
MiTEx Sats Inspect DSP-23
by | 2009-01-21 | 1 Comment
I am recovering after bringing home an Italian bug of some sort: Grazie mille, Italia. For some reason, the topic of autonomous proximity operations keeps coming up (See my previous post on the BX-1 panic.) The Air Force is going to use 2 MiTEx satellites to inspect DSP-23, which crapped out this spring: In a …
The View from the IAEA
by | 2009-01-20 | 14 Comments
The view, this morning, of the UN plaza in Vienna (where the IAEA and CTBTO are based) passed onto me by a contact. Thank you, contact. Happy change day!
Three Wonks Walk Into a Bar…
by | 2009-01-17 | 4 Comments
…and the middle one (after surveying all the beautiful Italian people) says “Know any good books about missiles?” And the last one says “Why, yes! I like the books from the ‘50s and ‘60s.” And the first one in says “And then the frog said, ‘I feel all white and fluffy!” But that’s another story. …
