Think of all the money they would save if they skipped the probe part. Besides, all of the probes have been built by defense contractors. NASA doesn't build anything. They write up a list of requirements, send out an RFQ, choose a vendors, do some oversight (QA), take deliver, do an RFQ for launch system, choose vendors, oversee final integration and launch and and off operation of spacecraft to university handing out paychecks along the way.
Break it down into achievable 4 year technology steps like when the US went to the moon. Another would be to hand the project off to the military which is what happened to Apollo early on when they demonstrated tat they didn't have the organizational competence to do the job.
Yeah, this really worries me too more than some crazy person shooting in a mall or running a plane into a building. Bad governments have caused more human misery than anything else in history and they are too easy to come about. I guess this is a (supposedly) a nerd news site and I was never that much interested in history when I was younger. Intersting story on Kurt Gödel on his U.S. citizenship exam.
No, sorry. It was a long time ago and just an essay for a friend's class they were teaching (university level). It was for an English assignment like write a comparison contrast paragraph, example paragraph type thing. The subject was student picked.
Initially my friend was shocked that someone would write a paper on the positive aspects of slavery, but realized as you say, "it's a matter of perspective".
Georgetown historian and theorist of the evolution of civilizations, Carroll Quigley,
concludes, from a historical study of weapons and political dynamics, that the characteristics of weapons are the main predictor of democracy. Democracy tends to emerge only when the best weapons available are easy for individuals to buy and use. This explains why democracy is so rare in human history.
It all has to do with gain margins (from control theory) and not gravity or moment arms. To be sable (controllable), the center of mass has to be ahead of the center of pressure. The problem with the lem is than it's squat with a heavy bottom and not a lot of high up mass. There was only 15" between the two.
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NASA didn't build the F1, the Rocketdyne corporation did.
Think of all the money they would save if they skipped the probe part. Besides, all of the probes have been built by defense contractors. NASA doesn't build anything. They write up a list of requirements, send out an RFQ, choose a vendors, do some oversight (QA), take deliver, do an RFQ for launch system, choose vendors, oversee final integration and launch and and off operation of spacecraft to university handing out paychecks along the way.
Where's the money in that compared with building something new?
that part is not rocket science
According to Richard Feynman that is the rocket science.
What's your proposal?
Break it down into achievable 4 year technology steps like when the US went to the moon. Another would be to hand the project off to the military which is what happened to Apollo early on when they demonstrated tat they didn't have the organizational competence to do the job.
They had to invent the science and engineering.
The SSMEs are the best rocket motors that will ever be made.
No, this was just a couple of years ago, way past patriot.
Slashdot used to be a nerd news site. I think its downfall started with the introduction of yro.
Back when I first heard of the US going cash free, people of slashdot were really for the idea. What's changed?
Yeah, this really worries me too more than some crazy person shooting in a mall or running a plane into a building. Bad governments have caused more human misery than anything else in history and they are too easy to come about. I guess this is a (supposedly) a nerd news site and I was never that much interested in history when I was younger. Intersting story on Kurt Gödel on his U.S. citizenship exam.
Most US returned rocks have never been studied
Spinoffs are a myth. ROI is very poor compared with direct investment.
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Our precious bodily fluids.
Initially my friend was shocked that someone would write a paper on the positive aspects of slavery, but realized as you say, "it's a matter of perspective".
Because it's the people in the social sciences who are criticizing money in the physical sciences.
I was in Kenya and read a university student's paper descibing how slavery was good for their country,
concludes, from a historical study of weapons and political dynamics, that the characteristics of weapons are the main predictor of democracy. Democracy tends to emerge only when the best weapons available are easy for individuals to buy and use. This explains why democracy is so rare in human history.
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All fair in Love and War.
And Gradshteyn and Ryzhikk. But I use mathematica now.
I found an error in my CRC book. Granted it was only a (wrong) page number error, but error nevertheless.
Or maybe Americans watch five hours of tv per day vs 2 hours for Sweden. The three hours difference is way more than I ever spent on homework.
It all has to do with gain margins (from control theory) and not gravity or moment arms. To be sable (controllable), the center of mass has to be ahead of the center of pressure. The problem with the lem is than it's squat with a heavy bottom and not a lot of high up mass. There was only 15" between the two.