AlanOn Fiat and LawThis is my third article on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), Here are the prior ones. Hopefully this one will be better.Jun 3, 2021Jun 3, 2021
AlanI Still Believe The National Debt is a Big ProblemI have finished digesting Chapter 3 of The Deficit Myth, and I still don’t agree with its premise that the national debt is not a big…Mar 27, 2021Mar 27, 2021
AlanMy journey into MMTTaking a break from my history reading, I wish to once again wear the hat of the armchair macroeconomist.Mar 19, 2021Mar 19, 2021
AlanLEO Catchers as a Launch Assist SystemI mentioned this topic on this blog a few times:Aug 19, 2019Aug 19, 2019
AlanThe Value of Low Lunar Orbit Space StationsI am a fan of space guns as a means of lifting material off a planet and into space. These would work horribly for Earth, but the moon is…Dec 24, 2017Dec 24, 2017
AlanAn Essay on AI and IncumbencyThis a futurology piece, the study of the future.Dec 23, 2017Dec 23, 2017
AlaninHackerNoon.comPractical Understanding of Lunar CyclersIn the book Artemis by Andy Weir, people are ferried between the Earth and moon aboard space liners that follow “cycler” trajectories. Weir…Dec 21, 20171Dec 21, 20171
AlanInterlocking Crescent Orbital CatchersThis post expands on the space-elevator-alternative launch system that uses an orbital electromagnetic track to catch a suborbital payload…Oct 8, 20171Oct 8, 20171
AlanSuborbital Transit with HoveringThe mathematically optimal solution for the lowest-fuel trajectory to drive a rocket from one point on a planetary body to another (in…Oct 8, 2017Oct 8, 2017
AlanThe Ghosts that Haunt Engineering VisionariesIn 2003, I had just started in an engineering program. The pivotal technical core classes were still several semesters in the future, but I…Jul 24, 2017Jul 24, 2017