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How to Pick an Orbit
What different orbits enable and what they cost
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Spiral Development for Hardware Programs
Aug 26, 2025
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Why Three Sensors, Not Two
Dec 10, 2025
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Going Off Nominal
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Designed in 36 days and Built for $10: How the Sten Gun Saved Britain
Sep 28, 2025
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Going Off Nominal
Engineering for the worst case
Jan 8
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How Networks Survive
Babbling idiots, cut wires, and unforeseen failures that threaten a mission
Dec 17, 2025
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Why Three Sensors, Not Two
The best architectures don't just detect failures, they absorb them
Dec 10, 2025
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Tools for building hardware and companies. Perspectives for why they matter to the world.
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Landscapes
How to Pick an Orbit
What different orbits enable and what they cost
Feb 3
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Space is All of This
The domain that connects childhood ambition, daily infrastructure, modern conflict, and the biggest questions.
Jan 15
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Eight Paths to Nuclear Fuel Security
A thought experiment
Dec 3, 2025
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How to Fuel a Nuclear Reactor
The geopolitically charged supply chain that powers the world's reactors
Nov 18, 2025
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Nuclear 03: How Nuclear Reactors Work
Examining commercial reactor architectures and the strategic constraints behind their designs
Oct 12, 2025
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Nuclear 02: How to Harness Fission
The tools that turn nuclear physics into controlled power
Sep 9, 2025
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Nuclear 01: How Nuclear Physics Works
A dive into the fundamentals of fission and fusion
Aug 12, 2025
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The Shape of Industrialization
How what’s owned and what’s outsourced defines an organization
Oct 26, 2025
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Quick Look: Ukraine's Aerial Defenses
What 51,000 drone and missile attacks reveal about modern air defense
Oct 19, 2025
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Designed in 36 days and Built for $10: How the Sten Gun Saved Britain
An example for modern defense production
Sep 28, 2025
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The Anvil Rule
Why clear skies can still scrub a launch
Aug 28, 2025
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