The private sector is currently in a race of its own to make getting to space more practical daily
I read an editorial with the last few days that took the view that the privatized space industry is nothing more than a hobby for starry-eyed billionaires who are willing to sink vast fortunes into it with no prospect of an actual ROI.
Is there actually an in-the-black economy out there, beyond communication satellites?
Yes, mining asteroids sounds like a nice plan. But much like flying cars, I do not see it happening any time soon. But fuck, it's great to talk about, isn't it?
NASA is trying to rationalize its existence. Most of the public isn't interested in progress in science, but the promise of money makes us drool.
Of course, any resulting money would go to whoever gets to market the metals, and the public would get nothing but the bill for bootstrapping it.
If we want the Federal government to boost the economy, we should think more top-down, and ask "where could we invest this amount of money to produce the most bang for the buck?". I'd be more in favor of policies that promote manufacturing, since our economy is rapidly converging toward nothing but flipping hamburgers and gambling on the stock market.
Also not the same as the prestigious and perhaps more familiar National Academies, which consists of The National Academy of Science, The National Academy of Engineering, The Institute of Medicine, and The National Research Council.
to play devils advocate here, medical scince has been wrong before:
It has been right a time or too as well.
The fact that science is sometimes wrong is not evidence that some particular fringe belief is correct. Remember that "They also laughed at Bozo the Clown".
When the people who know what they're talking about are in widespread agreement about some issue, that's generally an indication that what they're saying is the best understanding of the issue available.
But people who are motivated to reject it still will. Cf. evolution, global warming, the shoah (aka holocaust).
There is concern in the medical community that the use of a faux vaccination campaign to get OBL's DNA will lead to more resistance to vaccines being promoted by western medicine.
A lot of "antivaxxer" dolts trumpet Wakefield in that he's a victim of a hush-up and that he shall be exonerated. A good stick in the eye of these people is that Wakefield himself only sought to discredit MMR so that he could sell his own vaccine
He was also receiving "research funding" from an ambulance chaser who was suing the makers of MMR for other reasons.
Mod parent down all you like, but cracking the numbers is actually a pretty good idea.
If the non-vaccinated kids have significantly lower rates of autism, we accept that the MMR jab is responsible in some way, even if we don't understand how yet. If not, we accept that the whole MMR avoidance thing is utter bullcrap.
Sounds like a fair way to run an unbiased experiment to me.
They quit using the "mercury" preservative that purportedly causes autism over a decade ago, and the rate of autism diagnoses in young children has kept going up.
The doctor that started all of his has been shown to be a fraud, sponsored by an ambulance chaser.
Your experiment would be interesting, but it's not necessary. And the outcome wouldn't convince the True Believers anyway.
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The private sector is currently in a race of its own to make getting to space more practical daily
I read an editorial with the last few days that took the view that the privatized space industry is nothing more than a hobby for starry-eyed billionaires who are willing to sink vast fortunes into it with no prospect of an actual ROI.
Is there actually an in-the-black economy out there, beyond communication satellites?
Yes, mining asteroids sounds like a nice plan. But much like flying cars, I do not see it happening any time soon. But fuck, it's great to talk about, isn't it?
NASA is trying to rationalize its existence. Most of the public isn't interested in progress in science, but the promise of money makes us drool.
Of course, any resulting money would go to whoever gets to market the metals, and the public would get nothing but the bill for bootstrapping it.
If we want the Federal government to boost the economy, we should think more top-down, and ask "where could we invest this amount of money to produce the most bang for the buck?". I'd be more in favor of policies that promote manufacturing, since our economy is rapidly converging toward nothing but flipping hamburgers and gambling on the stock market.
TFA is light on details as to *what* mineral would be mined and how it would all be economically viable.
I'm guessing that the stuff we're running short of would not be readily available in asteroids.
And bringing in an asteroid-load of other stuff might make the prices plummet, which might have a big impact on the economics of fetching it.
This is how they seduce us into sending pork to places with senior senators.
The asteroid belt?
Also not the same as the prestigious and perhaps more familiar National Academies, which consists of The National Academy of Science, The National Academy of Engineering, The Institute of Medicine, and The National Research Council.
What happens if you try it somewhere else?
one Godzilla is not enough ???
This will be a swarm of little ones, that fly around shooting missiles and delivering IP takedown notices.
Dunno if you ever noticed, but the "let there be light" happened *before* the sun, stars and planets were created...
Where did that light come from?
The light was created in transit, to create the image of a universe older than it really is. Thus the stars and stuff could be created later.
The trick was making sure there wasn't an observable glitch when the post-creation light arrived behind the pre-created light.
"NSA Utah" is an anagam for "anus hat".
After looking through the blueprints I couldn't find anywhere designated for a Stargate. Bummer.
On the bright side, that is one more rumor that can be laid to rest.
Of course. They're building this as the studio for faking the Mars landings. They're not going to blow it by going low-budget this time around.
Time to get everyone to post huge files of garbage. Let them store that.
I thought that's what we've been doing...
I can think of arguments for the NSA wanting to overplay its capability and also downplay it.
It's a conspiracy either way!
(Only Goldilocks can be trusted.)
Nah, if he was in disinfo he'd be posting as cold fnord, so no one would notice him.
They tied themselves up in knots with conspiracy theories and bollox like that. Perhaps the answer is to cut out some of that Iodine.
That's what the lizard men want you to think.
The Flynn effect has to do with the effect swash buckling has on women, duh.
Presumably that's where the expression "in like Flynn" comes from.
"Doggie see, doggie do" just doesn't have the same catch as "monkey see, monkey do".
Especially the "doggie do[o]" part...
'R.I.P.D.,' 'After Earth,' 'White House Down,' 'Pacific Rim,' and 'The Lone Ranger.'
Could someone briefly explain why *any* of those movies would be compelling, even if done well?
Because the correct form is probably 'mercuric', 'mercuride', or some other chemo-jargon that I don't know and wasn't motivated to look up.
And it's not like they pour a little elemental mercury into every vial, though that notion seems to be what the fear-mongering thrives on.
'Cause movies weren't formulaic before 2005.
to play devils advocate here, medical scince has been wrong before:
It has been right a time or too as well.
The fact that science is sometimes wrong is not evidence that some particular fringe belief is correct. Remember that "They also laughed at Bozo the Clown".
When the people who know what they're talking about are in widespread agreement about some issue, that's generally an indication that what they're saying is the best understanding of the issue available.
But people who are motivated to reject it still will. Cf. evolution, global warming, the shoah (aka holocaust).
There is concern in the medical community that the use of a faux vaccination campaign to get OBL's DNA will lead to more resistance to vaccines being promoted by western medicine.
J schools are the problem.
Or maybe it's just that the media thrives on controversy, not on informing the public.
A lot of "antivaxxer" dolts trumpet Wakefield in that he's a victim of a hush-up and that he shall be exonerated. A good stick in the eye of these people is that Wakefield himself only sought to discredit MMR so that he could sell his own vaccine
He was also receiving "research funding" from an ambulance chaser who was suing the makers of MMR for other reasons.
Mod parent down all you like, but cracking the numbers is actually a pretty good idea.
If the non-vaccinated kids have significantly lower rates of autism, we accept that the MMR jab is responsible in some way, even if we don't understand how yet.
If not, we accept that the whole MMR avoidance thing is utter bullcrap.
Sounds like a fair way to run an unbiased experiment to me.
They quit using the "mercury" preservative that purportedly causes autism over a decade ago, and the rate of autism diagnoses in young children has kept going up.
The doctor that started all of his has been shown to be a fraud, sponsored by an ambulance chaser.
Your experiment would be interesting, but it's not necessary. And the outcome wouldn't convince the True Believers anyway.