Shuttle can launch about 4 times more than Soyuz and Progress rockets - but is probably more than 4 times as expensive per launch, so that doesn't help the argument much.
That depends only on the price. The technology is more or less there already. Mining the seabed is an order of magnitude easier than mining an asteroid.
Pedestrians don't cross the roundabout - they cross the road either before or after on a zebra crossing (with or without lights), which means you might have to walk an extra few metres.
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I see the direction prettly clearly - it just takes some time to get the companies up to speed (private companies is the direction forward for NASA)
Yes, it must suck doing business in the US. In the rest of the world, it kind of works.
I'm running Slackware 13.37 on 486 DX4 - because I can!
Guess they'll go home the same way they came up... using the Soyuz capsule.
Shuttle can launch about 4 times more than Soyuz and Progress rockets - but is probably more than 4 times as expensive per launch, so that doesn't help the argument much.
I do the same, but my boss complains about me not doing anything at work on Wednesdays!
Unfortunately? I'd say it's a good thing!
They're still not allowed on ISS during take-off and landing
My car's got a digital speedometre you insensitive clod!
Dude - China!
Thank you!
Good thing that the Farming lobby and the congress has nothing to do with EU!
In US, that's how it should work...
For us that haven't got any national debt.... ? No, this is a good suggestion!
Is this still a problem in Ubuntu? Good thing I use slackware were everything just works out of the boks...
US defaults in less than a month anyway
Guess you haven't read the latest; http://www.spacenews.com/civil/110706-nasa-budget-cancel-webb.html
Stop ruining it with facts!
Easy fix. Just register an account on geocaching.com and you have the full overview!
Exactly - Watt-hours gives people something to relate to - BTUs do not.
That depends only on the price. The technology is more or less there already. Mining the seabed is an order of magnitude easier than mining an asteroid.
China only has "90%" of the world's production because they were able to undersell and close suppliers outside China.
Correct. With the prices now increasing, we're considering to boot up our mines again, here in Norway.
My impression was that the Chinese had better labour laws than the US?
If you're out of arguments, claim that it raises taxes, and you win by default!
Pedestrians don't cross the roundabout - they cross the road either before or after on a zebra crossing (with or without lights), which means you might have to walk an extra few metres.
I wish we'd gone back to Lotus Notes... Now we're stuck in some shithole between Exchange and Sharepoint!
Good CEOs copy, great CEOs steal!