The View From Inside The Space Bubble

Keith’s Rant #2: FYI Space fans. There are lots of people inside DC who function inside one little policy bubble or another. These bubbles are, by definition, partially sealed off from the real world. Sometimes you can see inside (a little) and sometimes you can peek out. But usually the bubbles are opaque, sound proof, and work like echo chambers. The more that people here in the DC space bubbles hint, or tease, or insinuate, or imply, or otherwise want you to think that maybe they have some sort of secret sauce, are in the know, or have undisclosed information, or secret plans, or things only they know – well, after 40 years watching these people in their bubbles I have 2 sayings for you to ponder. Pick one, Or both.

• 1. Those who speak do not know; those who know do not speak
• 2. The first rule of Fight Club is don’t talk about Fight Club.