Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

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OPEN THREAD: Because I love you and I want you to be happy.

CLOSE CALLS: ‘We almost did have a really terrible day.’ NASA now says Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut flight was a ‘Type A mishap.’

But worse than the technical problems were the management problems:

The dividing lines between them are clearly defined. For example, any incident that causes at least $2 million of damages or other unplanned mission costs, or involves unexpected “departure from controlled flight,” is a Type A mishap.

CFT clearly met those criteria, Isaacman said today. But NASA did not classify the mission as a Type A mishap during and shortly after CFT, apparently because agency officials were too focused on getting Starliner certified to fly operational astronaut missions to the ISS.

“Concern for the Starliner program’s reputation influenced that decision,” Isaacman said today. “Programmatic advocacy exceeded reasonable balance and placed the mission, the crew and America’s space program at risk in ways that were not fully understood at the time decisions were being contemplated. This created a culture of mistrust that can never happen again, and there will be leadership accountability.”

With CFT officially being designated a Type A mishap, he added, “the record is now being corrected.”

People need to be canned, with serious prejudice, for that.

IT’S PARENTAL MALPRACTICE TO SEND YOUR KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL THESE DAYS:

SAVAGES AND BARBARIANS:

OH, CANADA:

THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT: Gen Z is skipping sex to do this instead, study says.

Or maybe they are: “They’re not drinking and they’re not having sex. So what is today’s youth actually doing? According to an EduBirdie survey of 2,000, 67% of Gen Zers would choose a restful night’s sleep over a good romp in the sheets. Further shocking frisky generations before them, the survey also revealed that 64% of youngsters would rather prioritize keeping a stable job, 59% are focused on their personal success, half are shifting their attention to maintainig healthy friendships and 46% prefer some solo time to getting it on.”

Personally, I always found a restful night’s sleep was easier after a good romp in the sheets. But I guess that’s old-fashioned now.

I’VE SEEN THE LOCKDOWNS AND THE DAMAGE DONE: A quarter of pregnant women are delaying prenatal care, CDC report finds. “It’s possible the pandemic played a role in delayed care.”

The overturning of Roe v. Wade is also mentioned as a possibility, though it’s hard to see how limits on abortion would affect prenatal care.