ONE GIANT LEAP FOR WOMANKIND: NASA's new class of astronauts is officially 50 percent female.

Since when has being female a qualification for being an astronaut? About the time that Muslim outreach became NASA's 'highest priority'?

WHAT WILL I MISS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA? Not a single damn thing.

IF BLOOMBERG RUNS FOR PRESIDENT, Jim Geraghty has his bumper sticker.

HEH: Al Sharpton is trying to negotiate a tax repayment plan with Bernie....

THEY'RE LEARNING: Boeing to reduce executive and management jobs in cost-cutting drive.

Would that government would do the same....

A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE: The Obama administration provided some states with $1 billion in disaster 'prevention' money as part of the president's efforts to stave off the worst effects of climate change.

So we waste more taxpayer money chasing a chimera that will have no verifiable effect on the state of the climate.

BACK TO THE FUTURE by going back to the past: NASA proposes X-plane revival.

DEMOCRATS prepare to fight privatization of air traffic control.

Obviously -- privatization means fewer chances for graft and corruption.

MY LAST JOB at Lockheed Martin was working on something very similar to this. It may not seem like it at first, but just identifying the engineering tasks is challenging.

AMMO GRRRLL opines on the Republican primary campaign:

I WILL vote for Trump if he is our standard-bearer. I will also vote for Cruz, Rubio, Carly, or even Christie. I will vote for almost anyone against Hillary or Bernie or, for that matter, Gun Grabber-in-Chief, Bloomberg. I initially preferred Rick Perry, but for whatever reasons, he faded fast. This is a long slog. And very very important. Let’s try to keep it as convivial as we can.

This was written before the New Hampshire primary, but the message remains. Read it all.