Actaully, all of the good cars, like tesla, have that covered. It is cars like Nissan Leaf that has no means of cooling that will destroy their batteries.
they would move the production back to America and focus on INNOVATION. It is easy enough to do. However, HP no longer does that. Right now, the only major American company that is into innovation is Apple and google. The reason is that we have allowed too many MBAs to run companies. If you notice, neither Apple nor Google has MBA's running them. Sadly, Apple's new CEO IS an MBA, and he will probably destroy them.
sigh,
This vehicle has decades of flight on it. Basically, BOTH progress and Soyuz have a PROVEN design. Soyuz capsule was last updated about a year ago (Soyuz-TMA-M) with some minor changes. The last major change was 2002. Progress was designed and first flew in 1978. The last updated version was 2004. However, the issue was not with progress capsule, but with the Soyuz rocket. The rocket that launched the August failure was the Soyuz-U, which was first launched in 1973. The Soyuz Capsule, however, uses the Soyuz-FG rocket. The issue with that launch is that the 3rd stage engine failed to ignite, so the progress was not able to achieve orbit. So, with 100s of launches of the Soyuz-u, it is is VERY doubtful that this is a design flaw.
This was a manufacturing flaw. Simple as that. That will be determined in a short time. Once that is, then some more tests will be ran, and the next progress will fly.
What is needed is to first stabilize cargo operations. With 3 different crafts about to come to the Western side, and 2 on the Russian, then it is obvious that cargo will no longer be an issue.
Now, as to the human launch, yes, that IS an issue. However, Russia has been doing it for some time. It is far more likely that they can continue just fine for the next 2-3 years. At that time, we will have dragon. And within 1-2 years, we will have another 2-3 crafts ready to go. In addition, we will have 2 fully different launchers, with Atlas likely to have 2 different variations used for that; the smallest one for dreamchaser, and the much bigger one for Boeing's CST-100. What is interesting is that for LEO launches, the dreamchaser can actually hold the same number of ppl, but weighs LESS then the CST-100.
ISS will be just fine. So, will the launch system for the next 2 years. After the first launch system comes on-line, then you will see loads of work going on in space. Maybe before then.
about having clothing designed with the idea that it is for our troops, but being done by Chinese. I mean how many Americans are over in China designing military equipment and will bring it back here? None.
Actually, Orion is only about twice the size of dragon. It really is not that big. And to be honest, many of NASA's programs are not just picked by CONgress, but told exactly what they will do. SLS is the most extreme of those, but similar enough.
which part of L-MART? the part that works on the shuttle and is given marching orders by the gov and is on a cost plus nightmare? In those cases, the tech is owned by the feds. That is basically a facists approach and is similar to what China and USSR use to do (which is what neo-cons support today).
OTH, ULA with Delta and Atlas is pretty much private. So, I am not sure why you would think that L-Mart or Boeing are not private. Just some programs are more private than others.
Actually, planning WAS done. NASA tried to get private space going back in the 90's, but neo-cons killed it. Thankfully, Griffin got it going as a backup to constellation. He was right on the money on this one. And again, thankfully, Bolde/Obama have fought against the neo-cons that have been working hard to kill private space. And Bolden pushed hard to get the last extra shuttle to provides supplies. That was fought by the neo-cons. Well, this proves that it was wisely thought out.
SpaceX is about to get their launching orders. However, I think that a new progress will launch in about 1 month or so.
And then you have ATV and HTV coming.
At this point, it would take about 2 years to restart the shuttle program. When W killed it, much of the production lines were shut down. So, at this point, it would costs BILLIONS to restart the problem.
However, private space is about to have 2 different cargo systems ready shortly. In addition, it is possible that either ATV or HTV can be speed up. However, my gut feeling says that Russia will launch within a month, successfully. Issues solved for this issue.
What is needed is not the cargo, but human launchers ASAP. Now, a number of neo-cons have been pushing to give 10's of billion MORE Than the 20 billion that it appears that it will take. They claim that it would then be done quicker. HOWEVER, the current timeline for the 70 tonne rocket says that it will be ready in 2022. Adding the 10 billion MAY shave a couple of years off that. Hey, being optimistic, you might get it out the door in 2018. IOW, this is a typical neo-cons scenario of pump/dump money into a project that can not be afforded but they want for a jobs bill for themselves.
OTH, CCDev is expected to have 3-4 crafts by 2015 (starting in late 2013/early 2014). Of course, that assume the 3/4 billion from the next CCDev bid. However the same ppl from above are working hard to block this. HOWEVER, it is possible that jumping the amount from.75 to say 2 billion, MIGHT get the first system ready by early 2013, perhaps late 2012. But getting the neo-cons to allocate, well, that is a different matter.
And yet, in under 6 months, US private dragon will undergo final testing, to be followed by first full cargo launch. Not the couple of years that you claim. Likewise, in 8 months, OSC will be there as well (assuming that all goes well). And Dragon not only has shielding, but it is the ONLY one that is designed to come from Mars/asteroids/etc. Soyuz can only come from the moon and even that is not tested. Thankfully, unlike all others, Dragon lands under chutes so, they will likely have humans up in 3 years. Of course, there is now a push for more money to private space, which might speed them up to 2 years. Issues solved. Add a fuel depot and a tug and lo and behold, the ISS has no real issues left. Nor will other private space stations such as Bigelow.
My mod points just expired. You are SOOOOOO right on the money. If we are going to the moon, asteroids, Mars, etc, we really need big 2-way comm (will not be fast, but pipe can be big).
wrongo indeed.
You are putting words into my mouth. I said 'cost plus'. That is ALL I SAID. You are the one trying to make it fix vs. % on the minor amount
The problem with cost plus is that companies have zero incentives to cut costs and leads to costs overruns instead. The companies simply run up the costs, of which costs have built in profits.
IIRC, reagan put NASA and DOD on cost plus. That lead to costs overrun and timelines that extended 2-3x what was planned. Finally under clinton, the DOD was allowed to switch to fixed bid. It worked for ULA and Delta.
COTS was awarded as fixed bid, and then CRS was done as the same.
Well, that is the same approach on the CCdev. These are fixed bids going out to accomplish a set amount of work. This is leading to cost overruns being gone.
That same approach can be done on future NASA projects. If the company bids and then claims that they can not finish it for the money, not a problem. They are simply forbidden from any future NASA contracts. Issue solved.
we need change how these kinds of projects are done. Our problem is that we are using cost plus on all of these and every player in this is making money hand over fist. It is a NIGHTMARE. Instead, like commercial launch services, we need to push for having this done via a bid basis. Basically, large american companies should do fixed bids on this and then be required to anti up. Ideally, this same idea can be extended to support building of satellite backbones. Then to the backbone, we simply attach new instruments.
Far too many builders do so-so to piss poor construction. Now that ppl are realizing that they can be hit with a much larger quake, they will want to change their tunes. KB homes, Richmond, etc. All crap.
google for 'California Pass rare earth' and then check out this. America's mine starts later this year, with products in early 2012. That will mean that this HIGHLY ILLEGAL BLOCKADE (which is what it is) will be done. By early 2013, America will produce about 1/2 of all rare earth and by 2014, probably around 3/4. Now, they just need products to take it since China will not be buying our rare earth.
We need to continue looking at things like this. This seems like a useful program that we should be funding. Sadly, CONgress killed blackswift already, which would have been equally useful.
Not just that. Basically, by doing a virtual animal, plant, etc, we can find out what is missing from our understanding. That allows us to know WHERE to look. With large genomes, we know that they turn on and off at various times, but we have not way to know WHEN they do (or exactly what they do, what triggers, etc). With a virtual animal, we figure out how these model and if not quite right, where to look. Basically, Biology is finally moving from a soft science into a hard science. And I say that as somebody that got his Microbio degree 30 odd years ago.
Not just rats. How about some Fungus, mollusk, reptiles, etc. And lets test various drugs on these vs. the sim. If it matches, then we find out how it matches and not. Far better to get cells down then move to simple tissues and up until we hit complex creatures. And a rat IS a complex creature.
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Actaully, all of the good cars, like tesla, have that covered. It is cars like Nissan Leaf that has no means of cooling that will destroy their batteries.
This is exactly what is needed. Not just for space, but to help restart American innovation.No, lets do more like this.
they would move the production back to America and focus on INNOVATION. It is easy enough to do. However, HP no longer does that. Right now, the only major American company that is into innovation is Apple and google. The reason is that we have allowed too many MBAs to run companies. If you notice, neither Apple nor Google has MBA's running them. Sadly, Apple's new CEO IS an MBA, and he will probably destroy them.
when they moved production to China, they were simply killing themselves.
sigh,
This vehicle has decades of flight on it. Basically, BOTH progress and Soyuz have a PROVEN design. Soyuz capsule was last updated about a year ago (Soyuz-TMA-M) with some minor changes. The last major change was 2002. Progress was designed and first flew in 1978. The last updated version was 2004. However, the issue was not with progress capsule, but with the Soyuz rocket. The rocket that launched the August failure was the Soyuz-U, which was first launched in 1973. The Soyuz Capsule, however, uses the Soyuz-FG rocket. The issue with that launch is that the 3rd stage engine failed to ignite, so the progress was not able to achieve orbit. So, with 100s of launches of the Soyuz-u, it is is VERY doubtful that this is a design flaw.
This was a manufacturing flaw. Simple as that. That will be determined in a short time. Once that is, then some more tests will be ran, and the next progress will fly.
What is needed is to first stabilize cargo operations. With 3 different crafts about to come to the Western side, and 2 on the Russian, then it is obvious that cargo will no longer be an issue.
Now, as to the human launch, yes, that IS an issue. However, Russia has been doing it for some time. It is far more likely that they can continue just fine for the next 2-3 years. At that time, we will have dragon. And within 1-2 years, we will have another 2-3 crafts ready to go. In addition, we will have 2 fully different launchers, with Atlas likely to have 2 different variations used for that; the smallest one for dreamchaser, and the much bigger one for Boeing's CST-100. What is interesting is that for LEO launches, the dreamchaser can actually hold the same number of ppl, but weighs LESS then the CST-100.
ISS will be just fine. So, will the launch system for the next 2 years. After the first launch system comes on-line, then you will see loads of work going on in space. Maybe before then.
about having clothing designed with the idea that it is for our troops, but being done by Chinese. I mean how many Americans are over in China designing military equipment and will bring it back here? None.
Actually, Orion is only about twice the size of dragon. It really is not that big. And to be honest, many of NASA's programs are not just picked by CONgress, but told exactly what they will do. SLS is the most extreme of those, but similar enough.
which part of L-MART? the part that works on the shuttle and is given marching orders by the gov and is on a cost plus nightmare? In those cases, the tech is owned by the feds. That is basically a facists approach and is similar to what China and USSR use to do (which is what neo-cons support today).
OTH, ULA with Delta and Atlas is pretty much private. So, I am not sure why you would think that L-Mart or Boeing are not private. Just some programs are more private than others.
Actually, planning WAS done. NASA tried to get private space going back in the 90's, but neo-cons killed it. Thankfully, Griffin got it going as a backup to constellation. He was right on the money on this one. And again, thankfully, Bolde/Obama have fought against the neo-cons that have been working hard to kill private space. And Bolden pushed hard to get the last extra shuttle to provides supplies. That was fought by the neo-cons. Well, this proves that it was wisely thought out. SpaceX is about to get their launching orders. However, I think that a new progress will launch in about 1 month or so. And then you have ATV and HTV coming.
Hmmm. the one with a deluded mind are those that directly ignore facts.
And yet, you offer nothing of substance for your opinion, while the facts of manned spaceflight does. You ARE a troll.
At this point, it would take about 2 years to restart the shuttle program. When W killed it, much of the production lines were shut down. So, at this point, it would costs BILLIONS to restart the problem.
.75 to say 2 billion, MIGHT get the first system ready by early 2013, perhaps late 2012. But getting the neo-cons to allocate, well, that is a different matter.
However, private space is about to have 2 different cargo systems ready shortly. In addition, it is possible that either ATV or HTV can be speed up. However, my gut feeling says that Russia will launch within a month, successfully. Issues solved for this issue.
What is needed is not the cargo, but human launchers ASAP. Now, a number of neo-cons have been pushing to give 10's of billion MORE Than the 20 billion that it appears that it will take. They claim that it would then be done quicker. HOWEVER, the current timeline for the 70 tonne rocket says that it will be ready in 2022. Adding the 10 billion MAY shave a couple of years off that. Hey, being optimistic, you might get it out the door in 2018. IOW, this is a typical neo-cons scenario of pump/dump money into a project that can not be afforded but they want for a jobs bill for themselves.
OTH, CCDev is expected to have 3-4 crafts by 2015 (starting in late 2013/early 2014). Of course, that assume the 3/4 billion from the next CCDev bid. However the same ppl from above are working hard to block this. HOWEVER, it is possible that jumping the amount from
And yet, in under 6 months, US private dragon will undergo final testing, to be followed by first full cargo launch. Not the couple of years that you claim. Likewise, in 8 months, OSC will be there as well (assuming that all goes well). And Dragon not only has shielding, but it is the ONLY one that is designed to come from Mars/asteroids/etc. Soyuz can only come from the moon and even that is not tested. Thankfully, unlike all others, Dragon lands under chutes so, they will likely have humans up in 3 years. Of course, there is now a push for more money to private space, which might speed them up to 2 years. Issues solved. Add a fuel depot and a tug and lo and behold, the ISS has no real issues left. Nor will other private space stations such as Bigelow.
While I do not recall all that was done, TCP was re-written slightly to handle that. It really proves the power of abstraction thinking.
My mod points just expired. You are SOOOOOO right on the money. If we are going to the moon, asteroids, Mars, etc, we really need big 2-way comm (will not be fast, but pipe can be big).
wrongo indeed.
You are putting words into my mouth. I said 'cost plus'. That is ALL I SAID. You are the one trying to make it fix vs. % on the minor amount
The problem with cost plus is that companies have zero incentives to cut costs and leads to costs overruns instead. The companies simply run up the costs, of which costs have built in profits.
IIRC, reagan put NASA and DOD on cost plus. That lead to costs overrun and timelines that extended 2-3x what was planned. Finally under clinton, the DOD was allowed to switch to fixed bid. It worked for ULA and Delta.
COTS was awarded as fixed bid, and then CRS was done as the same.
Well, that is the same approach on the CCdev. These are fixed bids going out to accomplish a set amount of work. This is leading to cost overruns being gone.
That same approach can be done on future NASA projects. If the company bids and then claims that they can not finish it for the money, not a problem. They are simply forbidden from any future NASA contracts. Issue solved.
we need change how these kinds of projects are done. Our problem is that we are using cost plus on all of these and every player in this is making money hand over fist. It is a NIGHTMARE. Instead, like commercial launch services, we need to push for having this done via a bid basis. Basically, large american companies should do fixed bids on this and then be required to anti up. Ideally, this same idea can be extended to support building of satellite backbones. Then to the backbone, we simply attach new instruments.
Far too many builders do so-so to piss poor construction. Now that ppl are realizing that they can be hit with a much larger quake, they will want to change their tunes. KB homes, Richmond, etc. All crap.
Simply create some couplers in which you provide an MF couple, but drop data lines (2 and 3). 1 and 4 would be passed through.
google for 'California Pass rare earth' and then check out this. America's mine starts later this year, with products in early 2012. That will mean that this HIGHLY ILLEGAL BLOCKADE (which is what it is) will be done. By early 2013, America will produce about 1/2 of all rare earth and by 2014, probably around 3/4. Now, they just need products to take it since China will not be buying our rare earth.
We need to continue looking at things like this. This seems like a useful program that we should be funding. Sadly, CONgress killed blackswift already, which would have been equally useful.
Not just that. Basically, by doing a virtual animal, plant, etc, we can find out what is missing from our understanding. That allows us to know WHERE to look. With large genomes, we know that they turn on and off at various times, but we have not way to know WHEN they do (or exactly what they do, what triggers, etc). With a virtual animal, we figure out how these model and if not quite right, where to look. Basically, Biology is finally moving from a soft science into a hard science. And I say that as somebody that got his Microbio degree 30 odd years ago.
MS is suing Motorola, not Google suing Motorola.
Not just rats. How about some Fungus, mollusk, reptiles, etc. And lets test various drugs on these vs. the sim. If it matches, then we find out how it matches and not. Far better to get cells down then move to simple tissues and up until we hit complex creatures. And a rat IS a complex creature.
before somebody starts griping that we are abusing these virtual rats?