People lost interest in seeing men walk around on the moon, or riding around in a golf buggy. And they had picked enough rocks to last a while. What reason would there be to keep going ?
If you don't postulate some conjecture and start deriving all the required properties these particles are supposed to have, it's harder to find the proper experimental evidence you need to be looking for.
There are several sinks of CO2. The most permanent one is rock weathering. It can also be absorbed by the ocean, or incorporated by growing vegetation. Note that current CO2 levels exceed the mentioned spikes.
1 in 7 men is a considerable amount, though, and that's only in the 20-25 BMI category. There are probably more in the 25+ category that still consider themselves not really overweight and can still see their toes. And considering these are higher risk people, that's a big exception.
Wearing a watch in itself is already "is a throwback to ye olden days". I haven't worn a watch in decades, and I see a lot of people without them. When I need to see the time, I can glance at the corner of the computer screen, or check my phone.
A millenium ago, very few ships needed to cross oceans. That doesn't mean that there wasn't great benefit to be had from trying to cross them anyway.
There was fertile ground, air and water on the other side of the ocean. Space is just empty.
Virtually everything is out there, and we've barely snuck a peek yet.
It's also too far. The next time there's a rainy afternoon, and you have nothing to do, check out the Tsiolkovky rocket equation, pick a destination, maximum allowed travel time, and payload mass, and calculate how much fuel (and fuel tanks) you would need to get there. Please also allow fuel for braking, and landing on the target (or at least orbiting it), and have a realistic payload mass with regards to travel time and communication with Earth.
Doesn't work well for people who carry their fat around their internal organs, which is the most dangerous place to have it. Unfortunately, BMI doesn't necessarily work that well either. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...
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The USA still has rockets that can take humans into space. All it requires is relaxing the safety protocol a bit.
People lost interest in seeing men walk around on the moon, or riding around in a golf buggy. And they had picked enough rocks to last a while. What reason would there be to keep going ?
While an impressive step, it's still engineering, not science.
If you don't postulate some conjecture and start deriving all the required properties these particles are supposed to have, it's harder to find the proper experimental evidence you need to be looking for.
Well, the $20 million actually gets you into orbit.
Becoming a millionaire is easy. Just start with a few billion and create your own space company.
Just get a big monitor and hook it up to your own computer.
$10 ticket, $10 popcorn, $10 soda
You can't go a few hours without popcorn and soda ?
It doesn't matter what's better. Just use the proper word. It makes arguments much clearer when we use the correct words.
There are several sinks of CO2. The most permanent one is rock weathering. It can also be absorbed by the ocean, or incorporated by growing vegetation. Note that current CO2 levels exceed the mentioned spikes.
You get a phone with speaking clock ?
But parent mentioned the advantages of tracking blood sugar for non-diabetics.
Since when is Rolex good at making discrete watches ?
You can also wait a minute to check your phone.
That, and it makes phone calls.
You can run without a phone, you know. Many Ethiopians run without phones, and they're winning marathons.
4) You are missing the fingers on one hand
And what if you miss your wrist ?
1 in 7 men is a considerable amount, though, and that's only in the 20-25 BMI category. There are probably more in the 25+ category that still consider themselves not really overweight and can still see their toes. And considering these are higher risk people, that's a big exception.
Wearing a watch in itself is already "is a throwback to ye olden days". I haven't worn a watch in decades, and I see a lot of people without them. When I need to see the time, I can glance at the corner of the computer screen, or check my phone.
A millenium ago, very few ships needed to cross oceans. That doesn't mean that there wasn't great benefit to be had from trying to cross them anyway.
There was fertile ground, air and water on the other side of the ocean. Space is just empty.
Virtually everything is out there, and we've barely snuck a peek yet.
It's also too far. The next time there's a rainy afternoon, and you have nothing to do, check out the Tsiolkovky rocket equation, pick a destination, maximum allowed travel time, and payload mass, and calculate how much fuel (and fuel tanks) you would need to get there. Please also allow fuel for braking, and landing on the target (or at least orbiting it), and have a realistic payload mass with regards to travel time and communication with Earth.
The problem is not that people aren't eating enough calories to meet their basal metabolic rate. The problem is that they're eating twice that.
It would be cheaper to sell them regular tap water, and dupe them into thinking it was from asteroid.
How do you land an "even relatively small asteroid" safely in your processing plant here on Earth ?
water is far and away the most useful resource for astronauts
It would be a lot cheaper if we just kept the astronauts here on Earth. It's not like they're doing much useful stuff up there.
Doesn't work well for people who carry their fat around their internal organs, which is the most dangerous place to have it. Unfortunately, BMI doesn't necessarily work that well either. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...