Sure he can and I'm also sure Edison will put up obstacles all the way to the patent office. The banks might even fund this "new" invention since it still has its connection to a wall socket and meter.
You completely missed the point. I didn't say it was too difficult, or too dangerous. I said it was too slow and too EXPENSIVE. There are easier and less expensive options, like the Moon.
Expensive? Sine the monetary was taken off the precious metal standard, money is basically worthless. By that I mean that money has value only to the people who value it. This is what fractional reserve banking is. Combined with the fact that the federal reserve printing presses continue to roll, money will eventually be worthless. This is what the world banking system wants, money that has so little value that there is no real reason to continue printing it. This is how a world monetary system will develop. Banks will only possess 1's and 0's, add another 0 and an account increases by a factor of 10. The elimination of currency is a two-edged sword. The banks control the accounting and thereby control people through their accounts. The banks can also control pricing, once again controlling people. The elimination of the power hungry overlords (the private banks and their strong-are collectors, tax collectors) has to come first. A space faring economy has the ability to even out the free market by introducing new areas of mineral wealth free of control of power utilities, oil industry, and the people who do nothing more than arbitrage. If "you" want to buy into the false idea that things are too expensive that's your problem. The banksters do no want a truly free market, they do not want an educated free society nor do they want a free society in an uncontrolled space. Have I made my point?
A kevlar blanket, 3/4" - 1" thick, approximately 500 square feet in size bonded to a flexible
chobam matrix mixed with a thick viscous gel. This "fly paper" is then mounted on a
cermet frame that has bolting lugs to attach other frames to increase the square foot area. All on a sesame seed bun. Any further discussion, Show Me The Money!
I repeat: working in microgravity is arduous, expensive, dangerous, and slow.
So was crossing the ocean in 1492. Does that mean it should not have been done? Should we have stopped exploring space after the Apollo 1 fire?
The greatest fear in any endeavor is fear itself. Fear of failing, fear of what others think, fear of going against the norm. What about the fear of not doing a thing, what then? Blazing new trails where paths don't exist is crazy to people who walk on the beaten path.
Everything runs Linux, but Windows seems to run everything.
At NASA Lewis/Glenn there was a Cray XMP that was later upgraded to a YMP. To run programs on the Cray required that the program be compiled on an IBM 360. There were two IBM's there. I was involved with the installation of power cables to peripheral equipment and modifications to the 400Hz UPS.
We have yet to solve the medical problems imposed by microgravity. Until we do, the only viable sites for colonies in the near future are the Moon and Mars.
If your goal is to set up self-sufficient colonies independent of Earth, the asteroid belt is the best place to do it. But I don't think it will be economically rewarding without our lifetime.
Pushing asteroids into geosynchronous orbit would be a good way to mine it as well. It would also make for a great weapons system.
A better idea would be to park the asteroids in a heliocentric orbit between earth and venus, thereby taking advantage of a greater level of solar energy as I have outlined in my Hephaestus Project.
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Can Nicola Tesla claim prior art?
Sure he can and I'm also sure Edison will put up obstacles all the way to the patent office. The banks might even fund this "new" invention since it still has its connection to a wall socket and meter.
I guess that means the chipping of the populace just bit the dust.
Don't do that. It means your karma sucks or you operate sock puppets.
Only when they try to run countries.and economies.
Is this what happens when you "wing" the "wong" number?
You completely missed the point. I didn't say it was too difficult, or too dangerous. I said it was too slow and too EXPENSIVE. There are easier and less expensive options, like the Moon.
Expensive? Sine the monetary was taken off the precious metal standard, money is basically worthless. By that I mean that money has value only to the people who value it. This is what fractional reserve banking is. Combined with the fact that the federal reserve printing presses continue to roll, money will eventually be worthless. This is what the world banking system wants, money that has so little value that there is no real reason to continue printing it. This is how a world monetary system will develop.
Banks will only possess 1's and 0's, add another 0 and an account increases by a factor of 10. The elimination of currency is a two-edged sword. The banks control the accounting and thereby control people through their accounts. The banks can also control pricing, once again controlling people. The elimination of the power hungry overlords (the private banks and their strong-are collectors, tax collectors) has to come first. A space faring economy has the ability to even out the free market by introducing new areas of mineral wealth free of control of power utilities, oil industry, and the people who do nothing more than arbitrage.
If "you" want to buy into the false idea that things are too expensive that's your problem. The banksters do no want a truly free market, they do not want an educated free society nor do they want a free society in an uncontrolled space.
Have I made my point?
There's no future like now.
I'd say that to erect an obelisk would me more appropriate...
Say what you mean, mean what you say...Erect a phallus.
A kevlar blanket, 3/4" - 1" thick, approximately 500 square feet in size bonded to a flexible chobam matrix mixed with a thick viscous gel.
This "fly paper" is then mounted on a cermet frame that has bolting lugs to attach other frames to increase the square foot area.
All on a sesame seed bun.
Any further discussion, Show Me The Money!
Remember, it's more important to go forward than to go straight.
I repeat: working in microgravity is arduous, expensive, dangerous, and slow.
So was crossing the ocean in 1492. Does that mean it should not have been done?
Should we have stopped exploring space after the Apollo 1 fire?
The greatest fear in any endeavor is fear itself. Fear of failing, fear of what others think, fear of going against the norm. What about the fear of not doing a thing, what then?
Blazing new trails where paths don't exist is crazy to people who walk on the beaten path.
We've already spent billions getting it up there, why not recycle it? Create a recycling station in orbit.
Sorry, my prior designs originate in the late 70's. Therefore I hold a prior copyright on intellectual property.
Seriously, Those astronauts aren't really doing anything up there anymore. Let them go up and start arranging the junk in the shape of a ring
Seriously, PHD garbage men.
How do gat a PHD off your porch?
Pay for the pizza they deliver.
Switch all power to *front* deflector screens. Switch all power to *front* deflector screens.
Are sure you don't mean "forward"?
Presumably, the AF knows where the debris is.
Yeah they do.
Look at all the dots
The main obstacles being shark deployment and survivability.
Yeah, shark fin soup is mighty tasty.
This is the solution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvage_1
Two words...Fly paper.
Depending on what kind of deorbit profile you develop, ....
Always with the de-orbit. Reduce, reuse, recycle, oh, and recover. All satellites are insured with really big recovery fees.
Slashdot nerds now have a place of their own. Rosie Palm move over.
Doesn't everything run Windows?
Everything runs Linux, but Windows seems to run everything.
At NASA Lewis/Glenn there was a Cray XMP that was later upgraded to a YMP. To run programs on the Cray required that the program be compiled on an IBM 360. There were two IBM's there. I was involved with the installation of power cables to peripheral equipment and modifications to the 400Hz UPS.
L5 is a position in orbit around Earth Without the orbital debris.
Correction: L5 is in the same orbit as Earth.
I don't see how that solves anything. How is L5 better than orbit? It's still in microgravity. You still have all the transport problems.
L5 is a position in orbit around Earth
Without the orbital debris.
We have yet to solve the medical problems imposed by microgravity. Until we do, the only viable sites for colonies in the near future are the Moon and Mars.
Cylinder station
Stanford torus
Bernal sphere exterior
Bernal sphere interior
Yes, it will take time. There are plenty of un-employed in America as well as elsewhere. Yes it will be expensive, however the return on investments are worth it.
We need more vespene gas.
It had to be said...pull my finger.
If your goal is to set up self-sufficient colonies independent of Earth, the asteroid belt is the best place to do it. But I don't think it will be economically rewarding without our lifetime.
L4 and L5 are better and closer. Go Out, young man!
Pushing asteroids into geosynchronous orbit would be a good way to mine it as well. It would also make for a great weapons system.
A better idea would be to park the asteroids in a heliocentric orbit between earth and venus, thereby taking advantage of a greater level of solar energy as I have outlined in my Hephaestus Project.