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. …
How Tall Was the Box
by | 2009-01-15 | 19 Comments
The debate continues over Yousry Abushady’s remarkable appearance on Egyptian television. The interview is notable, as one observer notes, because Abushady “is speaking in his personal capacity, which is soon-to-be retired.” You just don’t see IAEA officials doing television interviews like this. Although I still have lots of questions about the type and size of …
