Actually, the Falcon was designed from the git-go for humans. Ares I would have required more reg deferments while the Falcon had none WRT the shuttle, Saturn, and even Ares I. To be fair, NASA is designing a whole new set of regs, but what is interesting is that all of the NASA vehicles will fail miserably on.
When NASA and Russia have launches like these, they call them major successes, not failures. I suspect that you are one of those that classify it for those groups as well as being a success, but a failure for SpaceX just because..
First off, how much of the costs of Ares I was RD? Lets see.
The first stage uses a solid rocket motor that was running on the shuttle. It is a one off, but far far less then the merlin was a change.
The J-2X engine is simply a one-off of the famous J2 Saturn engine.
Gee all of that RD was done by private business in conjunction with NASA back in the 50-70's. Yet, we are spending more for the RD on J2x then it costs for the entire Falcon 1 AND 9.
NASA is great BECAUSE of their RD and deserves their applause/bow. But the simple fact is that SpaceX HAS done their work as well and deserves their own applause/bow. Ppl like you can not take it away from either of these 2 great entities, and to be fair, I wish that you would stop.
Every western nation already monitors the net. So, does the NRO, NSA, CIA, and DOD. DHS just wants to repeat what everybody does. FBI will soon say that they want to as well. Oh Wait.... They already do.
The USSR was in a race so they built a system with 30 engines and it was in the early days of rocketry. At that same time, Saturn prototypes had 8 engines and did just fine. It was then moved back to 5 engine. While all systems have had engine-outs, there have been few catastrophic ones such as the Challenger.
The advantage of liquid is that when an error occurs, you can detect it right away and shut down a number of systems. Basically, liquid does NOT have to blow. OTH, with solid, if something goes wrong (bad QA, etc), then it WILL blow.
OTH, SpaceX has a rocket with 9 engines. They will later on sling together 3 rockets to create a new launch vehicle. As has been proven with the move from serial supercomputers to parallel supercomputers, it works once you have the tech figured out. Basically, to compare falcon 9H to the USSR's 30 engine 4 attempts is a joke.
I have worked in the medical RD community 30 years ago. I admit that I have not stayed totally up on things, but I have stayed enough to know that Clinical Trials are STILL under control of the almighty FDA. One of the issues that America has is that we USED to have Scientists as doctors. Back in the 70's on, the medical schools wanted docs that 'related better' to patients. The problem is that we have 'feel nice' assholes in place, but without a real brain amongst the majority of lot. The REAL problem is FDA has been ran by these same kinds of political idiots and they are more tuned into Legal issues, rather than Medical issues. That is exactly why I was suggesting a DIFFERENT FDA. One that is ran by scientists. One that any docs that operate under their rules have STRICT guidelines that they must adhere to (about how to administer, etc), BUT have a different set of legal rules/regs (much loser in many respects). Basically, we need scientists to be able to control the cutting edge and the political assholes that now control the FDA to handle the majority of the medical world. I will have to say that many of the science ppl will want to push the envelope. I have seen docs push to cut into healthy tissue only because they loved the knife. Those are the kinds of ppl that I want on cutting edge (no pun intended), but with multiple opinions coming into play. I do not want a cutter like that doing primary diagnoses on my family or me.
The problem is that ppl MUST resort to going out of the nations health care because they need to take risks. The problem is that other than the majority of western nations(US, most of EU, Canada, Australia, Japan,etc), I personally would not trust other nation's health system to do the right things.
So, the solution should 2 different FDAs.
The first protects normal ppl. THat is it makes certain that we do not have more issues like we have with Tylenol, Ibuprofin, etc. Likewise, it says what procedures to risk, etc.
HOWEVER, once you have exhausted all avenues, and your life is on a thread, then you can step up to a different protocol. But ppl and companies in this arena, than have medical protection, etc., but have access to radical treatments.
The idea is that FDA2 would make certain that it is not done DANGEROUSLY, at least without the patient having a good understanding.
If we are going to make advances, we NEED ppl to be allowed to take INFORMED risks, but safely.
Sometime ago, several different groups were going to release iron in the ocean and cause the same thing. Then it was decided that it would not work by those groups. So, now, when a whale does it, it works, but not when humans do it? Why?
The reason why America is in the situation that we are, is because we depended so much on just fossil fuel. WHen you include Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas, it probably accounts for about 85% or more of our total energy usage. Now, you want to depend on JUST Uranium. It shows that you are not learning from the lessons.
For those of your who want to learn from our current situation, then QUIT PUSHING ONE ITEM. We need a MATRIX of energy, with none above 1/3 of our total energy input (and that may be too much). That means that we need to INCREASE our nukes, but only to say, 1/3 of total, and then slowly drop it. Likewise, we NEED to increase our Wind. But we also need to increase Geo-thermal, as well as Solar Thermal. Once Solar PV comes down in price, THEN include it as well. Sadly, we NEED to drop our usage of fossil fuel, but the smart thing is remove the imports first.
I just commented the same without seeing your post. I think that you are 100% correct. I think that it will be obvious that this really was voter fraud on this, and it should be very obvious that there is no chance of this being a neo-con trick (it is way to obvious; They would have the election be won by narrow margins).
Actually, he is absolutely IDEAL for showing that voter fraud is being committed with these machines. Look, if you KNOW that all of the electronic machines have weakness and carp about it, but nothing is done, then how do you get something to change, without truly harming the process? Basically, you hit a primary and you pick a TOTAL LOSER. A guy that has ZERO chance of winning. And you make it obvious that it was voter fraud.
It would be very easy to claim that this is about neo-cons doing this, but they would make it a close race. In addition, it would have been done in the real election. This is NOT about neo-cons causing this. This is purely about somebody that is trying to prove how easy voter fraud really is with electronic machines. It should also show that we NEED paper to be printed and a better vetting of the machines.
It was patented by Apple 3 YEARS AGO. It has been in existence even longer. And yet, ppl like you claims that MS invented this (or a number of other things). That is the problem. MS invents little, steals a great deal yet, their minions beg the world (as cowards) to accept them as being honest inventors. MS is the China of the software world.
No doubt. Of course, I meant mine to be funny (I really should learn to put smilies on humor). Hopefully, this economy turns. Personally, my suggestion to you is that you work on a start-up. The reality is, that medium-large companies can not be trusted to let you know where you stand. OTH, if you own the company, then you know where you stand.
Separation was not to have happened for a bit longer. Unless the upper stage collapsed, or the pumps failed, it appears to be the first stage that failed. But I do have to say, that is kind of weird. I would not expect that of Russia.
Sadly, I think that you might be about as bright as one.
Yes, W did in fact cancel the shuttle program with none to replace it.
But, will that put a halt to basic research? Not even close.
Since we lost the columbia, it has been used ONLY for the ISS (and the hubble rescue). Since the start of the ISS, it is been dominantly used for the ISS (and from my perspective, that is all that it should have been used for; The ISS is a much better platform for science missions than the shuttle).
Now, exactly what science is going on? Loads up at the ISS. In addition, America now has multiple private companies launch vehicles. It IS true that for the next 3 or so years, we will have lost HUMAN LAUNCH capacity, but that will re-start with falcon 9, as well as Boeing and L-Mart. It is all but certain that we will have 3 or more human rated crafts by end of 2015, and at least 1 by 2014. In addition, we will be starting private space stations in 2014 or so (as soon as we have one human rated space craft).
Finally, we are re-doing our RD aimed at taking humans to space for long distance voyages. This is exactly what we need, and nobody is doing (well china pretends, but a lot of that is by stealing the tech from America and Russia, and out and out copying).
The problem is that they will NEVER have the expertise. THey are looking to contract it out. So, now, they will pay somebody to provide this information, of which the search engine will be way behind.
Keep in mind that it is not just the data, but the ability to access it quickly that matters. USPTO will never get up there quickly. So, they should provide a means for others to provide it. That is why I suggest creating a DB that makes it easy for all engines to access. And as long as they provide NONE DISCRIMINATORY access TO ALL DATA, then that engine can continue. As long as there is at least several engines, then all is good. Once the number of engines is down to several, then USPTO should create their own.
Until then, lets have companies like Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc provide the access.
LOL; First, you make a lot of assumptions. I am sure that there is an internal DB for USPTO to use, but I seriously doubt that it will be made available to Google. To even assume so, well, that is not naive, just plain stupid.
THey should instead create a master DB that allows easy entry for themselves and for search engines to browse it easily. Then open up any and ALL search engines, with the proviso that all information will made available to all (IOW, for any search engine that limits it to a certain population, say, "You must use our browser or our platform"). If the search engine makes it limited to a single platform, say Bing decides to carry it and limits it to MSIE, or makes it sux for anything except for WIndows, then they are denied the data. Finally, if this approach does not work, then USPTO should undertake creation of a search engine.
The hard (read expensive) part of any comm link to homes/businesses, is the last mile. NZ would be smart to create a gov. owned monopoly that covers from the residence to the green box. Then allow different companies to compete at providing fiber and services to the greenbox. The advantage of this is that each greenbox will end up with multiple fibers coming in. While less efficient, each greenbox will actually have redundancy. More importantly, it will introduce competition for services while allowing easy upgrades down the road.
Well, since Nixon killed Saturn, and botched the shuttle, which lead to the loss of the space lab, we have been downhill since then. However, I think that with the building of the Commercial space, that we will see Americans put on the moon in 2020 to start building a base. Likewise, we will put Americans on Mars to colonize it before 2030. The simple fact is, that LEO is expensive to be in, while putting a base on both the moon and mars is much cheaper. The reason is that ALL material must be brought to LEO, while ultimately both the moon and mars will produce much of their own goods.
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Force the new company to split into 2 companies; Cable only and the other being services, media, etc.
Actually, the Falcon was designed from the git-go for humans. Ares I would have required more reg deferments while the Falcon had none WRT the shuttle, Saturn, and even Ares I. To be fair, NASA is designing a whole new set of regs, but what is interesting is that all of the NASA vehicles will fail miserably on.
When NASA and Russia have launches like these, they call them major successes, not failures. I suspect that you are one of those that classify it for those groups as well as being a success, but a failure for SpaceX just because ..
Gee all of that RD was done by private business in conjunction with NASA back in the 50-70's. Yet, we are spending more for the RD on J2x then it costs for the entire Falcon 1 AND 9.
NASA is great BECAUSE of their RD and deserves their applause/bow. But the simple fact is that SpaceX HAS done their work as well and deserves their own applause/bow. Ppl like you can not take it away from either of these 2 great entities, and to be fair, I wish that you would stop.
Every western nation already monitors the net. So, does the NRO, NSA, CIA, and DOD. DHS just wants to repeat what everybody does. FBI will soon say that they want to as well. Oh Wait.... They already do.
The USSR was in a race so they built a system with 30 engines and it was in the early days of rocketry. At that same time, Saturn prototypes had 8 engines and did just fine. It was then moved back to 5 engine. While all systems have had engine-outs, there have been few catastrophic ones such as the Challenger.
The advantage of liquid is that when an error occurs, you can detect it right away and shut down a number of systems. Basically, liquid does NOT have to blow. OTH, with solid, if something goes wrong (bad QA, etc), then it WILL blow. OTH, SpaceX has a rocket with 9 engines. They will later on sling together 3 rockets to create a new launch vehicle. As has been proven with the move from serial supercomputers to parallel supercomputers, it works once you have the tech figured out. Basically, to compare falcon 9H to the USSR's 30 engine 4 attempts is a joke.
I have worked in the medical RD community 30 years ago. I admit that I have not stayed totally up on things, but I have stayed enough to know that Clinical Trials are STILL under control of the almighty FDA. One of the issues that America has is that we USED to have Scientists as doctors. Back in the 70's on, the medical schools wanted docs that 'related better' to patients. The problem is that we have 'feel nice' assholes in place, but without a real brain amongst the majority of lot. The REAL problem is FDA has been ran by these same kinds of political idiots and they are more tuned into Legal issues, rather than Medical issues. That is exactly why I was suggesting a DIFFERENT FDA. One that is ran by scientists. One that any docs that operate under their rules have STRICT guidelines that they must adhere to (about how to administer, etc), BUT have a different set of legal rules/regs (much loser in many respects). Basically, we need scientists to be able to control the cutting edge and the political assholes that now control the FDA to handle the majority of the medical world. I will have to say that many of the science ppl will want to push the envelope. I have seen docs push to cut into healthy tissue only because they loved the knife. Those are the kinds of ppl that I want on cutting edge (no pun intended), but with multiple opinions coming into play. I do not want a cutter like that doing primary diagnoses on my family or me.
The problem is that ppl MUST resort to going out of the nations health care because they need to take risks. The problem is that other than the majority of western nations(US, most of EU, Canada, Australia, Japan,etc), I personally would not trust other nation's health system to do the right things.
So, the solution should 2 different FDAs.
The first protects normal ppl. THat is it makes certain that we do not have more issues like we have with Tylenol, Ibuprofin, etc. Likewise, it says what procedures to risk, etc.
HOWEVER, once you have exhausted all avenues, and your life is on a thread, then you can step up to a different protocol. But ppl and companies in this arena, than have medical protection, etc., but have access to radical treatments. The idea is that FDA2 would make certain that it is not done DANGEROUSLY, at least without the patient having a good understanding.
If we are going to make advances, we NEED ppl to be allowed to take INFORMED risks, but safely.
Sometime ago, several different groups were going to release iron in the ocean and cause the same thing. Then it was decided that it would not work by those groups. So, now, when a whale does it, it works, but not when humans do it? Why?
The reason why America is in the situation that we are, is because we depended so much on just fossil fuel. WHen you include Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas, it probably accounts for about 85% or more of our total energy usage. Now, you want to depend on JUST Uranium. It shows that you are not learning from the lessons.
For those of your who want to learn from our current situation, then QUIT PUSHING ONE ITEM. We need a MATRIX of energy, with none above 1/3 of our total energy input (and that may be too much). That means that we need to INCREASE our nukes, but only to say, 1/3 of total, and then slowly drop it. Likewise, we NEED to increase our Wind. But we also need to increase Geo-thermal, as well as Solar Thermal. Once Solar PV comes down in price, THEN include it as well. Sadly, we NEED to drop our usage of fossil fuel, but the smart thing is remove the imports first.
I just commented the same without seeing your post. I think that you are 100% correct. I think that it will be obvious that this really was voter fraud on this, and it should be very obvious that there is no chance of this being a neo-con trick (it is way to obvious; They would have the election be won by narrow margins).
Actually, he is absolutely IDEAL for showing that voter fraud is being committed with these machines. Look, if you KNOW that all of the electronic machines have weakness and carp about it, but nothing is done, then how do you get something to change, without truly harming the process? Basically, you hit a primary and you pick a TOTAL LOSER. A guy that has ZERO chance of winning. And you make it obvious that it was voter fraud.
It would be very easy to claim that this is about neo-cons doing this, but they would make it a close race. In addition, it would have been done in the real election. This is NOT about neo-cons causing this. This is purely about somebody that is trying to prove how easy voter fraud really is with electronic machines. It should also show that we NEED paper to be printed and a better vetting of the machines.
It was patented by Apple 3 YEARS AGO. It has been in existence even longer. And yet, ppl like you claims that MS invented this (or a number of other things). That is the problem. MS invents little, steals a great deal yet, their minions beg the world (as cowards) to accept them as being honest inventors. MS is the China of the software world.
I think that HTML5 is going to come on REAL strong.
No doubt. Of course, I meant mine to be funny (I really should learn to put smilies on humor). Hopefully, this economy turns. Personally, my suggestion to you is that you work on a start-up. The reality is, that medium-large companies can not be trusted to let you know where you stand. OTH, if you own the company, then you know where you stand.
They have already tested theirs multiple times. It is amazing what you can accomplish in a one-side cold war, when the other side is working hard to avoid one, thinking that they can change things. The advantage to the one side is that they can steal tech at will, and build up loads of weapons.
oops. The korean 2'nd stage is actually solid fuel (good for a missile). No pumps. Hmmm. They would have to lose their frame for a failure by SK.
Separation was not to have happened for a bit longer. Unless the upper stage collapsed, or the pumps failed, it appears to be the first stage that failed. But I do have to say, that is kind of weird. I would not expect that of Russia.
Ah. With your mind being so easily blown by the gp's sig, I can see why your sig shows you looking for a job.
Sadly, I think that you might be about as bright as one.
Yes, W did in fact cancel the shuttle program with none to replace it.
But, will that put a halt to basic research? Not even close.
Since we lost the columbia, it has been used ONLY for the ISS (and the hubble rescue). Since the start of the ISS, it is been dominantly used for the ISS (and from my perspective, that is all that it should have been used for; The ISS is a much better platform for science missions than the shuttle).
Now, exactly what science is going on? Loads up at the ISS. In addition, America now has multiple private companies launch vehicles. It IS true that for the next 3 or so years, we will have lost HUMAN LAUNCH capacity, but that will re-start with falcon 9, as well as Boeing and L-Mart. It is all but certain that we will have 3 or more human rated crafts by end of 2015, and at least 1 by 2014. In addition, we will be starting private space stations in 2014 or so (as soon as we have one human rated space craft).
Finally, we are re-doing our RD aimed at taking humans to space for long distance voyages. This is exactly what we need, and nobody is doing (well china pretends, but a lot of that is by stealing the tech from America and Russia, and out and out copying).
The problem is that they will NEVER have the expertise. THey are looking to contract it out. So, now, they will pay somebody to provide this information, of which the search engine will be way behind.
Keep in mind that it is not just the data, but the ability to access it quickly that matters. USPTO will never get up there quickly. So, they should provide a means for others to provide it. That is why I suggest creating a DB that makes it easy for all engines to access. And as long as they provide NONE DISCRIMINATORY access TO ALL DATA, then that engine can continue. As long as there is at least several engines, then all is good. Once the number of engines is down to several, then USPTO should create their own. Until then, lets have companies like Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc provide the access.
LOL; First, you make a lot of assumptions. I am sure that there is an internal DB for USPTO to use, but I seriously doubt that it will be made available to Google. To even assume so, well, that is not naive, just plain stupid.
THey should instead create a master DB that allows easy entry for themselves and for search engines to browse it easily. Then open up any and ALL search engines, with the proviso that all information will made available to all (IOW, for any search engine that limits it to a certain population, say, "You must use our browser or our platform"). If the search engine makes it limited to a single platform, say Bing decides to carry it and limits it to MSIE, or makes it sux for anything except for WIndows, then they are denied the data. Finally, if this approach does not work, then USPTO should undertake creation of a search engine.
The hard (read expensive) part of any comm link to homes/businesses, is the last mile. NZ would be smart to create a gov. owned monopoly that covers from the residence to the green box. Then allow different companies to compete at providing fiber and services to the greenbox. The advantage of this is that each greenbox will end up with multiple fibers coming in. While less efficient, each greenbox will actually have redundancy. More importantly, it will introduce competition for services while allowing easy upgrades down the road.
Well, since Nixon killed Saturn, and botched the shuttle, which lead to the loss of the space lab, we have been downhill since then. However, I think that with the building of the Commercial space, that we will see Americans put on the moon in 2020 to start building a base. Likewise, we will put Americans on Mars to colonize it before 2030. The simple fact is, that LEO is expensive to be in, while putting a base on both the moon and mars is much cheaper. The reason is that ALL material must be brought to LEO, while ultimately both the moon and mars will produce much of their own goods.