Yes I was worried about such a devolpment, I am all for reunification. But on North korea's terms? No.
Besides being able to aim warheads at targets near is just the beginning, in the next decade we will most likely see North Korea increase it's striking range and eventually gain ICBM capability. Then they will really be on the map permanently.
I wish there was something that could be done to prevent it, or at least a regime change there, even the chinese think the north Koreans are crazy! =(
Didn't mean to come off as flaming, I am just disagreeing. I am arguing that lot's of is not NASAs fault and that the bush admin. is very much against NASA and so is the Air force. It's not profitable and doesn't make new eapons it's main objective. The dollar sign rules, don't forget that if NASA is disbanded everything done by the US in space will be of a military nature. It would be a greater evil. Bush is a neo-facsist I yearn for Clinton eventhough his admin commited warcrimes just as much as the next guy. But hey he was less a bad guy.
Well hell if an article writer of an important newspaper thought it was newsworthy I think we've got a winner no matter what anybody says. Maybe not in the US but in Germany where it was made and the other european countries where it was a big hit (especially eastern european countries like hungary or poland) it will be a success.
I totally agree, I bet him and his administration are just patting their greedy little hands at this. Their so economically wired they could never see any kind of reason for space exploration as something important for the future.
The problem is that NASA never really botched anything up the their new prgrams, it's just that they never get their funding because not enough people in the government senate and presidential admin. alike as well as the american public in general think of space exploration as something non-important. Besides that it is mostly the USAF fault that the new shuttle programs have been canceld again and again because they have wanted juridiction over space back ever since Eisenhower took it away from them by creating NASA, making sure that the main objective of the US space prgram was not of a military nature. One of the few people who actually learned the lessons of WW2.
The Air force has been running up budgets with silly and redundant safety measures for the astronauts THEY supply for nasas new programs. Making sure that they were not economically viable. The Air force SUCKS.And they do not know their god damm place. Making wepons. I mean that movie "Space Cowboys" was a propaganda film for the USAF if I have ever seen one. If u know the background it is bloody obvious. Read Steve Baxters "Titan" good book on this kind of stuff, maybe a bit dry compared to other sci-fi, but bloody well informed.
I think your onto something... america as a people never did get space travel as something important anyways. I am sure bush and co. are happy about this. The Bastards
The problem is that if NASA looses credibility the USAF will take over the space program for america. Wow, that would be an improvment. So now instead of peaceful projects in space we are back to what the nazis wanted to use space for in the first place, making new weapons of war. Not that it wasn't done under NASAs supervision, but at least it wasn't it's primary objective.
It sure as hell is the is the USAF objective, remember the/. article of the study to nuke the moon done by the USAF befor NASA was created?
With public support of NASA and space exploration in general on the deline for decades now I hope this isn't the end of the line for NASA as a useful organization.
Maybe the USAF will get back it's leading role in space as a platform for new weapons. I mean has anyone read Steven Baxter? The Air force has wanted back it's jurisdiction of space back since Eisenhower created NASA and took space away from the USAF. This is the chance they have been waiting for to discredit their viability in the future. Which %&&*@#&s are responsible for a study of nuking the moon, that's a great idea opposed to let's say COLONIZING MARS, which would actually be of any use to humanity. Whose responisble for making sure NASA doesn't suceed imposing so many safety regulations on the new shuttle programs that made them to expensive to fund. And I am talking redundant stuff which they were only doing in petty self interest. I guess the Europeans and the Japanese are now our hope for space expoloration, but I doubt they have the means without the US supporting their programs.
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Vernor Vinge has it right, everyone is going to have a HUD. You could emulate anything the way he describes it.
Unless it is killed by THE industry...
Where's my Tinfoil hat?
Anything that isn't a full PC will lack features, which would be incredibly annoying.
A mini wireless keyboard for your lap with a touchpad combined with an airmouse?
TVs should just be PCs already, if it weren't for the fast obsolescence of hardware this would probably be happening already...
Yes I was worried about such a devolpment, I am all for reunification. But on North korea's terms? No.
Besides being able to aim warheads at targets near is just the beginning, in the next decade we will most likely see North Korea increase it's striking range and eventually gain ICBM capability. Then they will really be on the map permanently.
I wish there was something that could be done to prevent it, or at least a regime change there, even the chinese think the north Koreans are crazy! =(
Also sorry if someone posted this already, but what kind of delivery systems do they have available at this point?
What can they strike is most important now, and please don't start talking about suitcases in New York.
Didn't mean to come off as flaming, I am just disagreeing.
I am arguing that lot's of is not NASAs fault and that the bush admin. is very much against NASA and so is the Air force. It's not profitable and doesn't make new eapons it's main objective. The dollar sign rules, don't forget that if NASA is disbanded everything done by the US in space will be of a military nature. It would be a greater evil. Bush is a neo-facsist I yearn for Clinton eventhough his admin commited warcrimes just as much as the next guy. But hey he was less a bad guy.
Read Chomsky?
http://wcm.krone.at/krone/C9/S12/A3/object_id__219 0/hxcms/
Well hell if an article writer of an important newspaper thought it was newsworthy I think we've got a winner no matter what anybody says. Maybe not in the US but in Germany where it was made and the other european countries where it was a big hit (especially eastern european countries like hungary or poland) it will be a success.
I totally agree, I bet him and his administration are just patting their greedy little hands at this. Their so economically wired they could never see any kind of reason for space exploration as something important for the future.
The problem is that NASA never really botched anything up the their new prgrams, it's just that they never get their funding because not enough people in the government senate and presidential admin. alike as well as the american public in general think of space exploration as something non-important. Besides that it is mostly the USAF fault that the new shuttle programs have been canceld again and again because they have wanted juridiction over space back ever since Eisenhower took it away from them by creating NASA, making sure that the main objective of the US space prgram was not of a military nature. One of the few people who actually learned the lessons of WW2.
The Air force has been running up budgets with silly and redundant safety measures for the astronauts THEY supply for nasas new programs.
Making sure that they were not economically viable. The Air force SUCKS.And they do not know their god damm place. Making wepons. I mean that movie "Space Cowboys" was a propaganda film for the USAF if I have ever seen one. If u know the background it is bloody obvious. Read Steve Baxters "Titan" good book on this kind of stuff, maybe a bit dry compared to other sci-fi, but bloody well informed.
I think your onto something... america as a people never did get space travel as something important anyways. I am sure bush and co. are happy about this. The Bastards
The problem is that if NASA looses credibility the USAF will take over the space program for america. Wow, that would be an improvment. So now instead of peaceful projects in space we are back to what the nazis wanted to use space for in the first place, making new weapons of war. Not that it wasn't done under NASAs supervision, but at least it wasn't it's primary objective.
/. article of the study to nuke the moon done by the USAF befor NASA was created?
It sure as hell is the is the USAF objective, remember the
With public support of NASA and space exploration in general on the deline for decades now I hope this isn't the end of the line for NASA as a useful organization.
Maybe the USAF will get back it's leading role in space as a platform for new weapons. I mean has anyone read Steven Baxter? The Air force has wanted back it's jurisdiction of space back since Eisenhower created NASA and took space away from the USAF. This is the chance they have been waiting for to discredit their viability in the future. Which %&&*@#&s are responsible for a study of nuking the moon, that's a great idea opposed to let's say COLONIZING MARS, which would actually be of any use to humanity. Whose responisble for making sure NASA doesn't suceed imposing so many safety regulations on the new shuttle programs that made them to expensive to fund. And I am talking redundant stuff which they were only doing in petty self interest. I guess the Europeans and the Japanese are now our hope for space expoloration, but I doubt they have the means without the US supporting their programs.
Hope I am wrong in both respects