To get into a higher orbit you have to increase your acceleration.
Umm, no. You have to increase your SPEED (not velocity, just the magnitude of velocity) relative to the ground.
Assuming a horizontal burn, of course. If you change the direction of the velocity vector to nearly vertical without change the magnitude of the velocity vector, you'll also reach a higher orbit.
Assuming, of course, in both cases, a second burn to make your new orbit circular when you get as high as you want to get.
That said, if should be noted that deltaV required to reach LEO is more than half that required to reach the Moon. Or Mars, for that matter. It only takes a few hundred extra m/s to reach Mars than Luna....
As a well-known scifi writer once said, LEO is halfway to anywhere....
Or it could be that overconsumption, especially of certain nutrients like animal fats, processed meats or refined sugars, also leads to a decline in brain health and tissue-loss. There is in fact research which demonstrates that, eg eating animal fat has a direct impact on people's congnitive performance
Since they said specifically that there seemed to be no differences in cognitive performance between the skinny subjects and the fat ones, this is unlikely to be the cause of the difference.
Mercury and Gemini flew atop the Redstone, Atlas, and Titan missiles. Which we'd already tested more than enough before they were accepted into service as ICBMs (IRBM for Redstone), well before they were ever used as space launchers.
Saturn, the booster for Apollo, was a purely civilian vehicle - it was never used as an ICBM, and by the time it was in use, ICBM warheads were small enough that we didn't need something capable of putting 100T+ into LEO as an ICBM.
Realistically, it would be more accurate to say our ICBM programs were used as testbeds for our space programs, not the other way around....
And one such factor is that the are currently sits unused and cannot be used for pretty much anything else. It also is probably safe from being taken over by Russians (who would want uninhabitable land)
Well, other than as a wildlife preserve (yes, there's wildlife there. Doing quite well, actually - apparently better than the non-wasteland surrounding areas where they have to compete with humans). And the people living there might object (yes, there are people living there. Illegally, no doubt. They're also doing quite well, I understand).
Note that we see in the news an article every few years about the people and wildlife in the "wasteland" that exists around Chernobyl. So perhaps we should stop calling it a wasteland and call it what it effectively is - a nature preserve....
Interestingly, the American Cancer Society seems to disagree with you about the carcinogenic nature or aspartame. The ACS seems to think there are no proven links between aspartame and any type of cancer.
Now, it's your privilege to decide the American Cancer Society are shills for the soft-drink corps if you want. But it does make you look rather like a dolt....
Nice attempt at sowing disinformation, you sickening shill fuck: the problem with aspartame isn't its toxicity; it's the fact that it's so fucking carcinogenic that a Diet Coke a day for a decade increases your risk of a brain tumor to 50%.
Citation?
I don't recall seeing half the fat people in the US getting cancer back then, but I was a kid, and might have missed it. So, where, exactly, did that figure come from? Inquiring minds want to know....
Democrats and Republicans are equally bad at this, and are too afraid to stand up and say. "American Rights are more important than American security."
Fear has nothing to do with it. They're the Rulers, and they like it that way. Keeping the peasants from getting uppity is a good thing as far as any of them are concerned.
Remember, the more power you give a government, the more attractive it is to people who like to tell other people what to do....
four and a half years old? i'm sorry, you don't remember shit from that age;
I was about that old (closer to 4 and 2/3) when Kennedy was assassinated. And I have very clear memories of watching the funeral on TV, wrapped in a blanket next to my mother and brothers.
Mind you, that's about the only clear memory I retain earlier than Apollo (ten then). Some things you forget (what you had for dinner three weeks ago Thursday), some you remember forever. Even if you're very young.
Of course, not every Muslim pays as much attention to this sort of thing as one might think. I remember a guy I knew 20 years or so ago. Egyptian. Muslim. One night I asked him if it would bother him if I did something (a beer with dinner, I think -it's been a while).
His response: "I am a Muslim. My religion requires me to not do certain things. I don't do them. It also requires me to do certain things. I don't do them either. And my religion doesn't bind you in any way."
I was already assuming that Google's market penetration was 100% of the world's population.
Increase the chances and/or decrease time by whatever you assume to be Google's actual penetration (which, however slight, is enough to complete the offense)....
Those numbers translate to about a 1 in 1000 chance that any particular person will be affected in their lifetime.
Assuming that they cover EVERYONE, of course.
And assuming that the request rate stays constant. There is no reason to believe that it will stay constant (especially since it's trending upwards as we speak). If the current growth rate of requests continues, then the chance of any particular person being affected in their lifetime will be 50:50 within 40 or 50 years.
Will the growth rate remain constant? Probably not. But it's more likely to increase than decrease - governments do like their new toys.
So, we double the tax rates, and we're golden. Which would still leave us with relatively low tax rates by European standards. never mind that SSA, at least would fold into it, and save us a nice piece of that $3T....
Not much, really. No, a nuclear weapon won't go off if the silly thing crashes.
Nor will it make things radioactive, really. Remember, your basic ICBM warhead is already designed for reentry, so it's not going to vaporize and spread Pu239 all over the place if the spaceplane crashes.
About all the nuclear bomber in space does, when it gets down to it, is give you an ICBM that you can change your mind about. Once you pull the trigger on an ICBM, it's done. With the spaceplane, you can decide not to be so hasty if you get nervous over the half hour from launch to deployment of the nukes from the plane.
So, ultimately this is about having the delivery speed of an ICBM with the recall-ability of a bomber....
Is there really someone so ignorant that they think the locations of anything visible to the sky is unknown? Seriously?
Or is this just more hatemongering aimed at a game that's actually getting kids (and adults) outside and walking around? Oh, the humanity! People are actually exercising and talking to their neighbors!!!!
I utterly fail to comprehend why the police unions are not FOR strong gun control. They would benefit from it more directly than any other group in the country. Countries that don't allow guns enables cops to not have to carry guns [cracked.com].
Police Unions do tend to favour gun control. Especially in cities/states that already have strong gun control laws. Note that Chicago has some of the strongest gun control laws in the country, and a rather higher than average murder & crime rate.
Do keep in mind that "enable" is NOT the same as "require": As in 'countries that don't allow guns REQUIRE cops to not hae to carry guns". Yeah, some places with no guns, cops don't carry. Other places with no guns, cops still get to use them. And much more safely, since noone will be shooting back. Do remember that the USSR (and Nazi Germany) had strong gun control laws, yet in neither place did they have "kinder, gentler" police (as a rather extreme example).
For that matter, seems to me Rwanda did the gun control thing just before they did the "massacre those other guys" thing....
Personally, I'm in favour of strict gun control laws. For the police. They don't need to carry a handgun, a shotgun & an assault rifle (latter two in the car, and a REAL assault rifle, not just the scary looking guns that the Left keeps trying to convince us are the same thing). When the cops disarm, I'll think about it. Probably won't get rid of my guns, but I'll at least think about it....
Yes, you should. Suicide isn't a crime (attempted suicide IS), and shouldn't be (neither should making the attempt and failing).
Suicidal urges shouldn't make you liable for prison (doesn't usually happen, but it is a crime punishable by prison in many places), though a therapist might ought to be mandatory....
What is the trigger event for you to make an move to another country ASAP ?
Sans Second Amendment, other countries are less free than even the current USA. Of course, if someone manages to get the Supremes to declare the Second null and void to all intents and purposes, then that would be sufficient to make me consider leaving....
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Umm, no. You have to increase your SPEED (not velocity, just the magnitude of velocity) relative to the ground.
Assuming a horizontal burn, of course. If you change the direction of the velocity vector to nearly vertical without change the magnitude of the velocity vector, you'll also reach a higher orbit.
Assuming, of course, in both cases, a second burn to make your new orbit circular when you get as high as you want to get.
That said, if should be noted that deltaV required to reach LEO is more than half that required to reach the Moon. Or Mars, for that matter. It only takes a few hundred extra m/s to reach Mars than Luna....
As a well-known scifi writer once said, LEO is halfway to anywhere....
Since they said specifically that there seemed to be no differences in cognitive performance between the skinny subjects and the fat ones, this is unlikely to be the cause of the difference.
Well,no.
Mercury and Gemini flew atop the Redstone, Atlas, and Titan missiles. Which we'd already tested more than enough before they were accepted into service as ICBMs (IRBM for Redstone), well before they were ever used as space launchers.
Saturn, the booster for Apollo, was a purely civilian vehicle - it was never used as an ICBM, and by the time it was in use, ICBM warheads were small enough that we didn't need something capable of putting 100T+ into LEO as an ICBM.
Realistically, it would be more accurate to say our ICBM programs were used as testbeds for our space programs, not the other way around....
Mother Lode. Refers to gold & silver mines, and that sort of thing.
On the other hand, you might have been referring to triplets, which could be described as a "mother load".....
"The Man Who Sold the Moon", by Robert Heinlein. 1950. Not only suggested the idea, but described a way it might be accomplished.
Well, other than as a wildlife preserve (yes, there's wildlife there. Doing quite well, actually - apparently better than the non-wasteland surrounding areas where they have to compete with humans). And the people living there might object (yes, there are people living there. Illegally, no doubt. They're also doing quite well, I understand).
Note that we see in the news an article every few years about the people and wildlife in the "wasteland" that exists around Chernobyl. So perhaps we should stop calling it a wasteland and call it what it effectively is - a nature preserve....
Interestingly, the American Cancer Society seems to disagree with you about the carcinogenic nature or aspartame. The ACS seems to think there are no proven links between aspartame and any type of cancer.
Now, it's your privilege to decide the American Cancer Society are shills for the soft-drink corps if you want. But it does make you look rather like a dolt....
Citation?
I don't recall seeing half the fat people in the US getting cancer back then, but I was a kid, and might have missed it. So, where, exactly, did that figure come from? Inquiring minds want to know....
at the expense of our
Is this a new bit of illiteracy, or is it derived from the "intensive purposes" illiteracy?
Fear has nothing to do with it. They're the Rulers, and they like it that way. Keeping the peasants from getting uppity is a good thing as far as any of them are concerned.
Remember, the more power you give a government, the more attractive it is to people who like to tell other people what to do....
So, using your worst case, we get a circle 200-odd miles in radius around LA to provide for LA. Less than half that using your best case.
Note that your best case number (two acres per head) is a more realistic number for the most part....
No. Passed the House through voice vote. Passed Seante by "unanimous consent" (that means everyone, in both Parties, thought it was a great idea.
Note that one of the "features" of a Voice Vote is that there's no record of who actually voted for/against it in the House.
I was about that old (closer to 4 and 2/3) when Kennedy was assassinated. And I have very clear memories of watching the funeral on TV, wrapped in a blanket next to my mother and brothers.
Mind you, that's about the only clear memory I retain earlier than Apollo (ten then). Some things you forget (what you had for dinner three weeks ago Thursday), some you remember forever. Even if you're very young.
His response: "I am a Muslim. My religion requires me to not do certain things. I don't do them. It also requires me to do certain things. I don't do them either. And my religion doesn't bind you in any way."
I was already assuming that Google's market penetration was 100% of the world's population.
Increase the chances and/or decrease time by whatever you assume to be Google's actual penetration (which, however slight, is enough to complete the offense)....
Those numbers translate to about a 1 in 1000 chance that any particular person will be affected in their lifetime.
Assuming that they cover EVERYONE, of course.
And assuming that the request rate stays constant. There is no reason to believe that it will stay constant (especially since it's trending upwards as we speak). If the current growth rate of requests continues, then the chance of any particular person being affected in their lifetime will be 50:50 within 40 or 50 years.
Will the growth rate remain constant? Probably not. But it's more likely to increase than decrease - governments do like their new toys.
Three trillion, close to total Fed revenues...
So, we double the tax rates, and we're golden. Which would still leave us with relatively low tax rates by European standards. never mind that SSA, at least would fold into it, and save us a nice piece of that $3T....
Not much, really. No, a nuclear weapon won't go off if the silly thing crashes.
Nor will it make things radioactive, really. Remember, your basic ICBM warhead is already designed for reentry, so it's not going to vaporize and spread Pu239 all over the place if the spaceplane crashes.
About all the nuclear bomber in space does, when it gets down to it, is give you an ICBM that you can change your mind about. Once you pull the trigger on an ICBM, it's done. With the spaceplane, you can decide not to be so hasty if you get nervous over the half hour from launch to deployment of the nukes from the plane.
So, ultimately this is about having the delivery speed of an ICBM with the recall-ability of a bomber....
I'm assuming it tastes like chicken, in which case put me down for "yes".
If it tastes like beef, well, that's another yes.
Pork? mmmm... No, I think not.
Rubber? Definite no for that.
Any other options to be considered? Doubt they'd start with alligator (which would be a "yes") or salmon (another "yes") or elephant ("maybe?")....
Is there really someone so ignorant that they think the locations of anything visible to the sky is unknown? Seriously?
Or is this just more hatemongering aimed at a game that's actually getting kids (and adults) outside and walking around? Oh, the humanity! People are actually exercising and talking to their neighbors!!!!
Though in this case, it turned out the only (semi)effective defense against the bad guy with a truck was a good guy with a gun....
Police Unions do tend to favour gun control. Especially in cities/states that already have strong gun control laws. Note that Chicago has some of the strongest gun control laws in the country, and a rather higher than average murder & crime rate.
Do keep in mind that "enable" is NOT the same as "require": As in 'countries that don't allow guns REQUIRE cops to not hae to carry guns". Yeah, some places with no guns, cops don't carry. Other places with no guns, cops still get to use them. And much more safely, since noone will be shooting back. Do remember that the USSR (and Nazi Germany) had strong gun control laws, yet in neither place did they have "kinder, gentler" police (as a rather extreme example).
For that matter, seems to me Rwanda did the gun control thing just before they did the "massacre those other guys" thing....
Personally, I'm in favour of strict gun control laws. For the police. They don't need to carry a handgun, a shotgun & an assault rifle (latter two in the car, and a REAL assault rifle, not just the scary looking guns that the Left keeps trying to convince us are the same thing). When the cops disarm, I'll think about it. Probably won't get rid of my guns, but I'll at least think about it....
Yes, you should. Suicide isn't a crime (attempted suicide IS), and shouldn't be (neither should making the attempt and failing).
Suicidal urges shouldn't make you liable for prison (doesn't usually happen, but it is a crime punishable by prison in many places), though a therapist might ought to be mandatory....
Sans Second Amendment, other countries are less free than even the current USA. Of course, if someone manages to get the Supremes to declare the Second null and void to all intents and purposes, then that would be sufficient to make me consider leaving....
A present day standard? The km was standardized in the late 18th century. The US Statute Mile wasn't standardized till the late 19th century....