Private space will almost certainly not do the iss. Too much politics, and BS. Instead, bigelow will likely launch in 2 more years. One area that I would love to see NASA do a cots program for, is bathrooms ( I.e. toilet AND showers ), and kitchen. It would be useful to see something similar to what Skylab had for a shower.
Space based power DOES have a use. The first should be about supplying power to the DOD along with power to disaster areas. In FOB in Afghanistan, it cost America $200-400 PER GALLON of DIESEL. Most of that went to providing electricity. If we can beam down energy to a relatively small receptor , then the DOD will gladly buy the energy. Likewise, if a drone can be put at say 10-60k feet, receive power and then dish it out to various area with small receptors ( I.e. dish TV size ) , then this will work for the DOD as well as disaster area. Beyond that, the economics is not there for earth. However, said system would then work for the moon and/or mars, well, now you have a winner.
None of the current ICE based car makers want to go to electric cars. This will eat into their profits esp since they do not own the batteries. As such, other than Tesla, EVs like the leaf are limited on performance. It is trivial for Nissan to give it much closer performance to a Tesla, BUT they will not. The reason is that these will eat into ICE profits.
And Porsche? They will deliver the minimum car to take on Tesla, but not blow away their ICE performance.
I am American, but let me point out several things:
1) I agree with you about CHina. They are a total disaster for North America. They manipulate their money, which prevents an eqalization from occuring; they dump on our markets, which is criminal; they push inferior products that would be considered illegal down in Mexico, let alone in America or Canada; In addition, when Clinton-China went through, there were 90 tariffs. Now, there are over 500 tariffs directed specifically at the west. Agreements with china need to be stopped, or they need to be enforced.
3) we need to STRENGTHEN NAFTA, not weaken it. In Particular, I would like to see us require similar labor and environmental laws that Canada has. And if we are going to do more FTAs, it should be done not by individual nations (i.e. mexico, canada, or america), but by NAFTA as a whole, since 1 FTA impacts the other.
4) Considering how important climate change is, I would love to see NAFTA implement a tax on ALL manufactured goods based on where the worst sub-part comes from. It should be a tax that starts low, but increases every year (or more). And it should be done as a %. Likewise, the data needs to be real verifiable numbers, not guess work, or based on what govs report. As such, it should be based on OCO2. Finally, it should be normalized on a sane metric, not per capita, but emissions per GDP. By having NAFTA do this, it would quickly cause all nations to lower their emissions since if they have high emissions per $ GDP, it will cause their goods to be expensive and manufacturers will quit using their sub-parts.
Don't forget that the 911 base is 151k and will cost an arm and leg to own, while the fully loaded MS tops out 135k and will operation cost are a fraction of what 911 gas costs.
Hmm. Then u should know this better than me. But, my understanding is that china is opening new mines all the time. In addition, I know that oco2 shows that what china claims for coal burning is impossible. They are burning a great deal more fossil fuel, likely oil. We are talking 33-50% more.
And the reason why I showed the original links is that it showed that new plant construction, permitting, announcements, etc. is up from 1200 in 2012 to over 2000 in 2015. That is huge.
Bigelow will use less than 4 launches to send a group to the lunar surface where he will have a private base. Obviously, the base had to be set-up before hand, and the tug/ba330 up there as well. There will have to be a reusable lunar lander, likely methane at first. But note, that the lander is nothing hard. After all, we have BO that went up to 60 miles and back. Interestingly, the lunar orbit is 120 miles, but with 1/6 G, BO's new Shepard would do the trick.
You are correct about the solar flare. Of course, the idea is to use the BA-330 to send 6 (or more) ppl to the moon. From there, they go down to the base on the surface. From that point on, the BA-330/tug is simply used to move ppl between earth and the moon orbits. And it should be good for at least 10 trips and likely more.
Then all that is needed is fuel, supplies, and ppl.
you might think that I am being optimistic, but, this is what Bigelow is planning. Not me.
You keep looking at American data, not chinese or even global data. china imported coal from America because they need the boats to go back full. Now, that they have other sources to take back (garbage for recycling), they are bringing less coal. In addition, they have opened a large number of mines in China. and India. And Indonesia. And Europe. And......
Only America and UK are the main ones cutting back on coal.
That is fucking scary.
there is a REAL reason why rich Chinese eat imported western food when they can afford it.
Do yourself a favor and switch grocery stores.
I have to admit that in our stores, I have seen edamame, ginger and fish from China, and I simply do not buy it. From what I am told, many customers will complain about that as well.
Actually, if I were him, I would sue for wrongful termination, but no money other than legal fees. Basically, I would want my name cleared of that. It is obvious that the Secretary of State and the gov are trying to cover up their own misdeeds. After all, why were they requesting that data?
First the BA330 holds 6 ppl fine. With a tug, it can take them to the lunar orbit in just 3-4 days.
Secondly, the walls will be lined with bags of water. Water is a GREAT shielding since it stops most radiation and does not create scatter like lead will.
Third, Bigelow intends to land other BA-330s on the moon and then cover them with dirt. In doing that, it is a perfect lunar base.
Fourth, have you seen the work that is going on with lunar, and earth landers? We now have multiple companies, with more to come, that are building VTOL space crafts. With a redesign, these companies will be able to build new crafts for doing lunar work. So will the ones that NASA is helping along.
There is little doubt that by 2025, America will be on the moon again, but with a base, and with other nations joining us via private space.
Has nothing to do with it. O, bolden, and most of NASA have been focused on Mars, as well as helping private space get to LEO, as well as the moon. Just as COTS created a new launch company and elevated another, NASA continues work with helping companies make life support systems, others produce systems for space stations, along with transportation to the moon, and then systems for landing and launching from the moon. In order to put a base on the moon, as well as Mars, we need redundant low cost systems. NASA is making that happen today.
Actually, a number of things wrong there. First, lets say that you use a bigelow 330 unit to travel to the moon. It could be launched on an FH for 150 M. Then you have supplies for 6 ppl to last say 6-12 months. That would fit in a unit that could be attached to the ba's front. That is 1 FH launch. Now, add a tug with fuel which 1 FH can do. Finally, you send up a crew of 6 in an f9 and dragon. Now, you are ready to go to the moon with 4 cheap launches.
And that is exactly how it will be done.
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No different than places like Dallas, Houston, new Orleans, Texas, Louisiana,Georgia, etc.
Actually, Bigelow will be bigger than ISS with only 3 launches. So, do not fret.
Private space will almost certainly not do the iss. Too much politics, and BS. Instead, bigelow will likely launch in 2 more years. One area that I would love to see NASA do a cots program for, is bathrooms ( I.e. toilet AND showers ), and kitchen. It would be useful to see something similar to what Skylab had for a shower.
Space based power DOES have a use. The first should be about supplying power to the DOD along with power to disaster areas. In FOB in Afghanistan, it cost America $200-400 PER GALLON of DIESEL. Most of that went to providing electricity. If we can beam down energy to a relatively small receptor , then the DOD will gladly buy the energy. Likewise, if a drone can be put at say 10-60k feet, receive power and then dish it out to various area with small receptors ( I.e. dish TV size ) , then this will work for the DOD as well as disaster area. Beyond that, the economics is not there for earth. However, said system would then work for the moon and/or mars, well, now you have a winner.
And you would spend money on what?
None of the current ICE based car makers want to go to electric cars. This will eat into their profits esp since they do not own the batteries. As such, other than Tesla, EVs like the leaf are limited on performance. It is trivial for Nissan to give it much closer performance to a Tesla, BUT they will not. The reason is that these will eat into ICE profits. And Porsche? They will deliver the minimum car to take on Tesla, but not blow away their ICE performance.
I am American, but let me point out several things:
1) I agree with you about CHina. They are a total disaster for North America. They manipulate their money, which prevents an eqalization from occuring; they dump on our markets, which is criminal; they push inferior products that would be considered illegal down in Mexico, let alone in America or Canada; In addition, when Clinton-China went through, there were 90 tariffs. Now, there are over 500 tariffs directed specifically at the west. Agreements with china need to be stopped, or they need to be enforced.
2) that NAFTA has been overall a good deal for North America, but Canada has actually done the best at it.
If anything, Canada has seen the strongest gains among the three NAFTA countries, though, again, it is difficult to attribute direct causation, particularly given that Canada and the United States had a free-trade deal that predated NAFTA. Canada is the leading exporter of goods to the United States, U.S. and Mexican investments in Canada have tripled, and Canada has added 4.7 million new jobs since 1993. Canadian manufacturing employment held steady, though the "productivity gap" between the Canadian and U.S. economies wasn't narrowed: Canada's labor productivity stood at 72 percent of U.S. levels in 2012 despite Canada's highly educated work force [PDF].
Here is another assessment of many.
3) we need to STRENGTHEN NAFTA, not weaken it. In Particular, I would like to see us require similar labor and environmental laws that Canada has. And if we are going to do more FTAs, it should be done not by individual nations (i.e. mexico, canada, or america), but by NAFTA as a whole, since 1 FTA impacts the other.
4) Considering how important climate change is, I would love to see NAFTA implement a tax on ALL manufactured goods based on where the worst sub-part comes from. It should be a tax that starts low, but increases every year (or more). And it should be done as a %. Likewise, the data needs to be real verifiable numbers, not guess work, or based on what govs report. As such, it should be based on OCO2. Finally, it should be normalized on a sane metric, not per capita, but emissions per GDP. By having NAFTA do this, it would quickly cause all nations to lower their emissions since if they have high emissions per $ GDP, it will cause their goods to be expensive and manufacturers will quit using their sub-parts.
So, you want a car that looks like another POS? No thanx. Once you have spent time in an MS, you realize how wonderful that counsole is.
No, their MS and MS are much better looking than the roadster was.
Which is why Toyota, etc are pushing gov to do this.
Don't forget that the 911 base is 151k and will cost an arm and leg to own, while the fully loaded MS tops out 135k and will operation cost are a fraction of what 911 gas costs.
If you really believed that, you would not post as AC.
Not in food, though I am told that Walmart has a lot from there, which I refuse to shop at ( and target ).
Hmm. Then u should know this better than me. But, my understanding is that china is opening new mines all the time. In addition, I know that oco2 shows that what china claims for coal burning is impossible. They are burning a great deal more fossil fuel, likely oil. We are talking 33-50% more. And the reason why I showed the original links is that it showed that new plant construction, permitting, announcements, etc. is up from 1200 in 2012 to over 2000 in 2015. That is huge.
Bigelow will use less than 4 launches to send a group to the lunar surface where he will have a private base. Obviously, the base had to be set-up before hand, and the tug/ba330 up there as well. There will have to be a reusable lunar lander, likely methane at first. But note, that the lander is nothing hard. After all, we have BO that went up to 60 miles and back. Interestingly, the lunar orbit is 120 miles, but with 1/6 G, BO's new Shepard would do the trick.
You are correct about the solar flare. Of course, the idea is to use the BA-330 to send 6 (or more) ppl to the moon. From there, they go down to the base on the surface. From that point on, the BA-330/tug is simply used to move ppl between earth and the moon orbits. And it should be good for at least 10 trips and likely more.
Then all that is needed is fuel, supplies, and ppl.
you might think that I am being optimistic, but, this is what Bigelow is planning. Not me.
You keep looking at American data, not chinese or even global data. china imported coal from America because they need the boats to go back full. Now, that they have other sources to take back (garbage for recycling), they are bringing less coal. In addition, they have opened a large number of mines in China. and India. And Indonesia. And Europe. And ......
Only America and UK are the main ones cutting back on coal.
That is fucking scary.
there is a REAL reason why rich Chinese eat imported western food when they can afford it.
Do yourself a favor and switch grocery stores.
I have to admit that in our stores, I have seen edamame, ginger and fish from China, and I simply do not buy it. From what I am told, many customers will complain about that as well.
Actually, if I were him, I would sue for wrongful termination, but no money other than legal fees. Basically, I would want my name cleared of that. It is obvious that the Secretary of State and the gov are trying to cover up their own misdeeds. After all, why were they requesting that data?
Where are you getting Chinese carrots from?
First the BA330 holds 6 ppl fine. With a tug, it can take them to the lunar orbit in just 3-4 days.
Secondly, the walls will be lined with bags of water. Water is a GREAT shielding since it stops most radiation and does not create scatter like lead will.
Third, Bigelow intends to land other BA-330s on the moon and then cover them with dirt. In doing that, it is a perfect lunar base.
Fourth, have you seen the work that is going on with lunar, and earth landers? We now have multiple companies, with more to come, that are building VTOL space crafts. With a redesign, these companies will be able to build new crafts for doing lunar work. So will the ones that NASA is helping along.
There is little doubt that by 2025, America will be on the moon again, but with a base, and with other nations joining us via private space.
Bill,
No, the numbers have been climbing for the last couple of years. Even for the west, That is esp true of Europe, South Korea, and Japan Note that back in 2012, there were a total of 1200 new plants being considered, or built. Now it is up to 2100. That is not a slowing down. That is growth. Most of it is China, India, etc. Basically, Asia is on a massive sprey that will drive the CO2 way above the limits. Worse yet, once these new MONSTER plants are built, they have zero intentions of tearing them down. For example, China's claims on coal usage does not match the shear number of coal plants that they have, nor does it match up to the CO2 that they claim vs. what OCO2 is showing. There is a LOT MORE COAL coming from elsewhere, which is very likely from the tunnels that showed up after their massive earthquake.
All in all, nations are still on a tear. Only America, and UK have pretty much stopped.
FH will be used to launch ba330s along with tug/fuel depot. And this should happen around 2020.
Has nothing to do with it. O, bolden, and most of NASA have been focused on Mars, as well as helping private space get to LEO, as well as the moon. Just as COTS created a new launch company and elevated another, NASA continues work with helping companies make life support systems, others produce systems for space stations, along with transportation to the moon, and then systems for landing and launching from the moon. In order to put a base on the moon, as well as Mars, we need redundant low cost systems. NASA is making that happen today.
Actually, a number of things wrong there. First, lets say that you use a bigelow 330 unit to travel to the moon. It could be launched on an FH for 150 M. Then you have supplies for 6 ppl to last say 6-12 months. That would fit in a unit that could be attached to the ba's front. That is 1 FH launch. Now, add a tug with fuel which 1 FH can do. Finally, you send up a crew of 6 in an f9 and dragon. Now, you are ready to go to the moon with 4 cheap launches. And that is exactly how it will be done.