AlanOn Fiat and LawThis is my third article on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), Here are the prior ones. Hopefully this one will be better.3 min read·Jun 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…6 min read·Mar 27, 2021----
AlanMy journey into MMTTaking a break from my history reading, I wish to once again wear the hat of the armchair macroeconomist.7 min read·Mar 19, 2021----
AlanLEO Catchers as a Launch Assist SystemI mentioned this topic on this blog a few times:4 min read·Aug 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…9 min read·Dec 24, 2017----
AlanAn Essay on AI and IncumbencyThis a futurology piece, the study of the future.4 min read·Dec 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…6 min read·Dec 21, 2017--1--1
AlanInterlocking Crescent Orbital CatchersThis post expands on the space-elevator-alternative launch system that uses an orbital electromagnetic track to catch a suborbital payload…2 min read·Oct 8, 2017--1--1
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…4 min read·Oct 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…6 min read·Jul 24, 2017----