Posts Tagged ‘Russia’

What’s with the Czars?

Posted by Jason on June 16th, 2009 under Media, Obama Tags: , , , , , ,  •  2 Comments

If you’re like me, when you hear the word Czar you think Russia.  Maybe the word dictator comes to mind as well.  For the life of me, I can’t understand why czar is now associated with the car industry and the finance industry.  The car czar and compensation czar are terms coined by the media.  As [...]

SpaceX: A better way to create jobs

Posted by Mark on February 11th, 2009 under Technology Tags: , , , , , , ,  •  3 Comments

Forgive me for writing about the space program.  I worked an internship at United Launch Alliance (a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing) and have been following space exploration ever since.
Have you ever heard of SpaceX?  It’s a privately owned space transportation company founded in the United States by Paypal co-founder, Elon Musk.  Last [...]