I would call it more engineering than science. Learning how to build large structures in space is the only really going to be accomplished by getting up there and doing it.
Reusable and Man-Rating are different concepts here.
However reusable will cut the costs down dramatically. The Falcon 9 booster itself is less than 60m a launch. ISS resupply missions on Dragon are around 100m (I believe, I couldn't find the number.) Obviously a man-rated Dragon is going to cost quite a bit more. This means they could literally throw away the dragon capsule every time it flies and be cheaper than Soyuz.
Also, keep in mind that Dragon seats 7, Soyuz seats 3.
You can tell them whatever you want. You are not allowed to bribe him.
And note that I am talking about the current laws. Only lobbyists and corporations are allowed to bribe congressmen. Individuals are not. Even a group of voters are not allowed to even talk to congress. Only the rich and connected are allowed the privilege of bribing congress.
There are a lot of Canadian geese that do not bother migrating all the way back to Canada anymore. I am sick of getting hissed at while I walk along the Allegheny river trail every day.
Saw a goose totally flip the crap out on a police German Shepard last year. Dog was totally cool and ignored the goose the entire time.
While you are right, treating children as either adults or slaves is not the answer. But does "Won't somebody think of the children?" trump "Because Freedom"?
I am glad you can just throw your hands up and say "the problem is too hard, I give up." That means you probably don't have children. As a society we need to some up with some solutions to the question of.. "What rights should children have?"
You did not mention that the phone does not have GPS, only that it is old. Then, yes, they have to ask you where you are. Of course, wireless tower signals to tell them all the towers in range and the signal strength, so some triangulation is possible. However it is probably no good enough to get an exact street address, and I don't know if it is available real-time like it is in the movies.
However they would ask you what the address is either way, just to be sure.
Presumably Elon wants to build rockets, not have another company owned by Wall Street where profit is all that matters. You can put it in the bylaws all you want, but the first time the CEO makes a decision for the long term health of the company rather than short term profits, the major shareholder will get together and sue him out of existence.
The article did not say that Russia would deny engine parts for the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets that deliver GPS satellites into orbit; only that they would stop for "military applications" and also discontinue "GPS ground sites" which provide extra accuracy via ground transmitters.
But logically they could consider a GPS launch as a "military application", the GPS satellites are less than 2000kg, which a Falcon 9 or Antares could chuk up there with no problem at all.
As far as navigation goes, I thought it was already trivial to make a GPS/Glonass combined receiver.
I think that is a doublecheck to make sure the call was routed properly. Also 911 oeprators need to make sure the call gets to the right service (fire/police/medical). If you had dialed 911 and said nothing at all, you can be sure that an officer would show up at your door (or at the location of your phone).
But if the hostage situation is real rushing in guns blazing is a good way to get a lot of innocent people and possibly officers killed. All GP is suggesting is to make sure you know what you are doing before you go in.
While GP was spouting the propaganda bullshit that has people riled up into a paranoid frenzy for nearly 15 years, it isn't too far away from the truth.
What would happen to the authorities if they ignored just one terror warning and it killed just one person. Everyone in charge would be immediately fired, even if there was nothing the police could really do about it, and even if the threat did not seem realistic.
This is part of the machine here, they feel they have to overreact now in order to cover their asses.
Useful is debatable here, but it is a basic right that abandoned and expired copyright works go into the public domain.
However, with the Mickey Mouse copyright laws going on, that means the source for games will expire exactly... never. What constitutes "abandonment" is always up for debate, usually by copyright lawyers. Worse, game companies can claim that "since we are still producing new versions of game X, all of the characters are still in copyright perpetually, thus you can never have the source code for version 1 of game x". It is a mostly bullshit argument, though.
On top of that, the source of most old software has been convientiently lost.
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I would call it more engineering than science. Learning how to build large structures in space is the only really going to be accomplished by getting up there and doing it.
Maybe we can persuade The Donald to invest in space exploration.
Then no Russians would be needed.
In dollars, Musk is worth 5x Trump. Musk has made more money this year than Donald Trump's entire portfolio is worth.
In value to society, it is incalculable.
Reusable and Man-Rating are different concepts here.
However reusable will cut the costs down dramatically. The Falcon 9 booster itself is less than 60m a launch. ISS resupply missions on Dragon are around 100m (I believe, I couldn't find the number.) Obviously a man-rated Dragon is going to cost quite a bit more. This means they could literally throw away the dragon capsule every time it flies and be cheaper than Soyuz.
Also, keep in mind that Dragon seats 7, Soyuz seats 3.
Also I would say that any cost savings from SpaceX have more to do wtih how efficient they are compared to how horrifically inefficient NASA contractors are.
In many vegetables, potassium is the most radioactive part.
You can tell them whatever you want. You are not allowed to bribe him.
And note that I am talking about the current laws. Only lobbyists and corporations are allowed to bribe congressmen. Individuals are not. Even a group of voters are not allowed to even talk to congress. Only the rich and connected are allowed the privilege of bribing congress.
There are a lot of Canadian geese that do not bother migrating all the way back to Canada anymore. I am sick of getting hissed at while I walk along the Allegheny river trail every day.
Saw a goose totally flip the crap out on a police German Shepard last year. Dog was totally cool and ignored the goose the entire time.
While you are right, treating children as either adults or slaves is not the answer. But does "Won't somebody think of the children?" trump "Because Freedom"?
I am glad you can just throw your hands up and say "the problem is too hard, I give up." That means you probably don't have children. As a society we need to some up with some solutions to the question of.. "What rights should children have?"
Add to that that kids are still treated as the property of their parents until they are an adult.
Unless they do something wrong, then everything is their fault.
For wanking purposes. It's like fucking a router.
or
Why not? ;)
I suppose a lot of people need an internet router for wanking purposes...
The idea here is that the phone only unlocks for you. If it unlocks for anyone that picks it up... well that isn't much of a lock, is it?
I've been using black nail polish for years to cover blue LEDs on consumer electronics.
The real question is; why do you have blue LEDs on your fingertips?
It's objectification only if you think it adds any accessor methods to them.
I prefer functional girls.
A no fucking clue ring? Isn't that a man's wedding band?
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You're wife didn't go back to her lover's place for six months to get it off the night stand?
Sad that their relationship seems to be breaking down.
"You are wife"?
My phone only unlocks once it reaches 30,000 feet.
Oh, good point. Also, I forgot that the RS-68 on the Delta IV is from Rocketdyne, not Russia.
You did not mention that the phone does not have GPS, only that it is old. Then, yes, they have to ask you where you are. Of course, wireless tower signals to tell them all the towers in range and the signal strength, so some triangulation is possible. However it is probably no good enough to get an exact street address, and I don't know if it is available real-time like it is in the movies.
However they would ask you what the address is either way, just to be sure.
Presumably Elon wants to build rockets, not have another company owned by Wall Street where profit is all that matters. You can put it in the bylaws all you want, but the first time the CEO makes a decision for the long term health of the company rather than short term profits, the major shareholder will get together and sue him out of existence.
Because you do not understand how space works. All satellites not in geosync go over every country eventually.
Also the Outer Space Treaty specifically prohibits that sort of action.
The article did not say that Russia would deny engine parts for the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets that deliver GPS satellites into orbit; only that they would stop for "military applications" and also discontinue "GPS ground sites" which provide extra accuracy via ground transmitters.
But logically they could consider a GPS launch as a "military application", the GPS satellites are less than 2000kg, which a Falcon 9 or Antares could chuk up there with no problem at all.
As far as navigation goes, I thought it was already trivial to make a GPS/Glonass combined receiver.
I think that is a doublecheck to make sure the call was routed properly. Also 911 oeprators need to make sure the call gets to the right service (fire/police/medical). If you had dialed 911 and said nothing at all, you can be sure that an officer would show up at your door (or at the location of your phone).
But if the hostage situation is real rushing in guns blazing is a good way to get a lot of innocent people and possibly officers killed. All GP is suggesting is to make sure you know what you are doing before you go in.
While GP was spouting the propaganda bullshit that has people riled up into a paranoid frenzy for nearly 15 years, it isn't too far away from the truth.
What would happen to the authorities if they ignored just one terror warning and it killed just one person. Everyone in charge would be immediately fired, even if there was nothing the police could really do about it, and even if the threat did not seem realistic.
This is part of the machine here, they feel they have to overreact now in order to cover their asses.
Useful is debatable here, but it is a basic right that abandoned and expired copyright works go into the public domain.
However, with the Mickey Mouse copyright laws going on, that means the source for games will expire exactly... never. What constitutes "abandonment" is always up for debate, usually by copyright lawyers. Worse, game companies can claim that "since we are still producing new versions of game X, all of the characters are still in copyright perpetually, thus you can never have the source code for version 1 of game x". It is a mostly bullshit argument, though.
On top of that, the source of most old software has been convientiently lost.