Monthly Archives: April 2020

OneWeb bites the dust – TTG

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

LONDON, UK, March 27, 2020 – OneWeb (“OneWeb,” “the Company”), the global communications company with a mission to bring connectivity to everyone everywhere, announced today that the Company and certain of its controlled affiliates have voluntarily filed for relief under … Continue reading →

Posted in Space, TTG | 1 Comment

“EO on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources” – TTG

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

“By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including title IV of the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (Public Law 114-90), it is hereby ordered as follows: … Continue reading →

Posted in Space, Space Force, TTG | 2 Comments

“Medical group endorses anti-malarial drug treatment for coronavirus patients” NY Post

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Pat Lang

"America’s major medical society specializing in the treatment of respiratory diseases has endorsed using hydroxychloroquine for seriously ill hospitalized coronavirus patients. The American Thoracic Society issued guidelines Monday that suggest COVID-19 patients with pneumonia get doses of the anti-malaria drug. … Continue reading →

Posted in Health Care | 19 Comments

3 criminal cases: Harvard professor Charles Lieber for lies to DoD and NIH, plus two Chinese in science

Posted on April 7, 2020 by willmann

By Robert Willmann With television networks and other media saturated by constant stories about the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an intriguing criminal case has remained beneath the radar.  And two others illustrate the lack of vetting and lack of limitations on access … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Intelligence, Justice, Science | 8 Comments

“SpaceX’s Starship Can Lift a Lot More Than We Thought” Yahoo News

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Pat Lang

"Inverse reported that a Twitter user first noticed the potentially huge payload a Starship can carry into low Earth orbit. A table in the user guide lists 100 tons, but from other math in the table, one can extrapolate that … Continue reading →

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“Americans are underestimating how long coronavirus disruptions will last” statnews

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Pat Lang

"President Trump, after signaling that he may try to restore some sense of normalcy in the country by Easter, has acknowledged that difficult times are ahead and that restrictions should remain in place until the end of April.But experts say … Continue reading →

Posted in Health Care, The economy | 59 Comments

“Results from a Controlled Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19” contagion live

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Pat Lang

"The initial results from a placebo-controlled trial of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 indicate that patients hospitalized with mild illness recovered more quickly with addition of the drug than with placebo at the start of a standard treatment. The results also suggest … Continue reading →

Posted in Health Care | 33 Comments

“Mexico joins Canada, notifies U.S. it’s ready to implement new NAFTA” CBC

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Pat Lang

  "The Mexican government notified Canada and the U.S. late Friday that it is ready to implement the revised North American trade agreement, leaving it up to the Americans now to decide when the deal should take effect.Jesús Seade, Mexico's … Continue reading →

Posted in The economy | 5 Comments

The world economy is dying … therefore …

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Pat Lang

700,000 jobs were lost in March according to the US Government.  The unemployment rate is at 4.6% percent for March.  That would be bad enough but the computation was made early in the month when the full effect of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Health Care, The economy | 90 Comments

Marine Corps returning to its roots – TTG

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Andrei Martyanov

"The 2018 National Defense Strategy redirected the Marine Corps’ mission focus from countering violent extremists in the Middle East to great power/peer-level competition, with special emphasis on the Indo-Pacific. Such a profound shift in missions, from inland to littoral, and … Continue reading →

Posted in The Military Art, TTG | 36 Comments