Most of the time when someone "run things in a way that benefits from their superior way of viewing the world" they end up in conflict with the Constitution.
Nuclear is expensive due to incessant lawsuits and an uncertain regulatory environment. How many other 5 year, billion dollar construction projects are subject to the rules being change on a whim?
Developing a nuclear reactor suitable for space flight would be a game changer, assuming it could be scaled to megawatt levels.
1. Power a magnetic shield. 2. Powering Ion drives for longer journeys 3. Of course providing all the electrical power for communications and other ship functions regardless of the distance from the sun
You get megawatts of power available and suddenly, you are talking about building a ship, not a tin can.
It occurs to me that with everyone and their sister wanting to build a "flying car", there will be as many versions of flight control software as there are versions of Unix/Linux. What is worrisome is that these small companies do not have the knowledge or resources to adequately test this software to the extent that it should be tested. There is no such thing as a fender bender when you are in the air.
It is probably an appropriate use of federal government resources to be the primary certification agency of this software (unless it already is?) and perhaps even sponsor what would amount to a basic suite of open source Flight Control modules and systems. Improvements made to the software would be available to all, enhancing safety for everyone.
Yes, this would essentially be big government and would probably slow things down. But if the alternative is a sky filled with 1,000 lbs vehicles run by many different versions of flight control software, all behaving in slightly different ways, maybe we should slow down a bit, eh?
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Most of the time when someone "run things in a way that benefits from their superior way of viewing the world" they end up in conflict with the Constitution.
The Best way isn't always the Right way.
It does need to be pointed out that Nazis were pretty light weight when it comes to mass murder.
You want real mass murder? Check out Stalin and Moa. Now those guys had it down.
BTW...Communists.
That's not really an issue until you get a large concentration of people.
Rural communities are dispersed enough to avoid that kind of thing.
Sewage and water treatment plants are necessities of urban living.
At West Point, the Perp confessed. No, he was not a person of pallor.
I think every one of the recently and widely publicized racist episodes were indeed fake.
Banana Peel, "noose" made of a show lace, West Point.
Tesla is such an SJW company.
Crazy.
That has to be the most soul killing job in existence.
More likely the Envirowackos.
Nuclear is expensive due to incessant lawsuits and an uncertain regulatory environment. How many other 5 year, billion dollar construction projects are subject to the rules being change on a whim?
Developing a nuclear reactor suitable for space flight would be a game changer, assuming it could be scaled to megawatt levels.
1. Power a magnetic shield.
2. Powering Ion drives for longer journeys
3. Of course providing all the electrical power for communications and other ship functions regardless of the distance from the sun
You get megawatts of power available and suddenly, you are talking about building a ship, not a tin can.
That's not what he said. They need to follow the process and meet the requirements.
What we have are companies claiming they can't find qualified people, then bring in people that are equally as unqualified, but measurably cheaper.
if you are going to have rules, fucking enforce them.
And it STILL is running the majority of infrastructure applications.
Regardless, I would be surprised if a genuine affection between the two has not developed and therefore, the relationship is real.
The guy would to be a real jackass to call it off at anytime.
Do Slashdot screeds/rants count as a book?
The FAA are bureaucrats. No disrespect intended, but they manage. NASA, on the other hand has always been at the forefront of atmospheric flight.
It occurs to me that with everyone and their sister wanting to build a "flying car", there will be as many versions of flight control software as there are versions of Unix/Linux. What is worrisome is that these small companies do not have the knowledge or resources to adequately test this software to the extent that it should be tested. There is no such thing as a fender bender when you are in the air.
It is probably an appropriate use of federal government resources to be the primary certification agency of this software (unless it already is?) and perhaps even sponsor what would amount to a basic suite of open source Flight Control modules and systems. Improvements made to the software would be available to all, enhancing safety for everyone.
Yes, this would essentially be big government and would probably slow things down. But if the alternative is a sky filled with 1,000 lbs vehicles run by many different versions of flight control software, all behaving in slightly different ways, maybe we should slow down a bit, eh?
Pencils and slide rules.
We put people on the moon with men who grew up going to one room schools, using pencils and slide rules.
Those schools were funded by local property taxes and controlled by local school boards. There wasn't even an "Ejucation Departmemt".
The Austin ISD just received approval for a one BILLION dollar bond. They are going to spend 40 million dollars on an elementary school.
I'm sorry, there is NO lack of funding in education.
Come on people. That foreign adversaries would try to further their agendas using social networks is about a surprising as gambling in a Casablanca.
I bet even "friendly" nations are doing this to some extent too.
I haven't been in a long while, but I recall lots of cites to wikipedia in wikipedia articles.
Time for Dad to visit the School Board.
LOL..
Pretty much.
This whole trend of Big Business dreaming up some curriculum and then trying to push it on public schools has got to stop.
Not only because it's an obvious shill for their particular technology, but it is often poorly thought out and in some instances politically charged.
Space exploration with robots is kind of like fucking a Sexdoll, I expect.
The results are the same, but the experience leaves something to be desired.
Who certifies an editor as an expert?
Do we get to see their credentials?
You have no way of knowing if theses"experts" are real or just some bored house wife.
Limit its use to lecturing and ranting at us about how stupid the human race is.