Tag Archives: SpaceX

Yet another reason why government is bad for you, me, and progress

Posted on 2026-10-10 by TPOL Nathan

As we write this, we hear that SpaceX’s first orbital flight of the Starship was not a total success. But not a failure (despite how some have claimed that it was). Good for them. But the entire saga should remind … Continue reading →

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NASA continues to demonstrate government incompetence

Posted on 2025-06-03 by TPOL Nathan

Apparently the entire Artemis lunar exploration and colonization program run by and done by NASA (with billions of your taxpayer dollars and hundreds of contractors, subcontractors, and other parasites) is again failing. Some green-propaganda-provider tells us that an “engine failure” … Continue reading →

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Space – how costly can government make it?

Posted on 2022-03-18 by TPOL Nathan

People may get tired of libertarians preaching about government. we point out that government is not only corrupt, by its very nature tyrannical, a rebellion against God (and nature’s laws), and bad for most people. We also explain how government … Continue reading →

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Crumbling government

Posted on 2019-02-27 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Space.com recently reported that NASA has approved SpaceX sending a Dragon passenger-carrying spacecraft (capsule, really) with a dummy on a test flight to the International Space Station, scheduled for 2 March – just a few days from … Continue reading →

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Better Ideas with Liberty

Posted on 2016-02-29 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-09A, by Nathan Barton Truth in Media reports that a currently-serving Colorado State Assemblyman, who survived the Columbine attack in 1999 when he was a student there, has introduced a bill to allow teachers in public (government-run, tax-funded) … Continue reading →

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