I love the fact that Good old Rupert was knocked down to size by a pioneer in e-izing independent media, Greg Dyke. I have loved the BBC's style of reporting since living in Birmingham for a year. Since then Greg Dyke has moved the BBC to be one of the best news/tv sites on the net. Regardless of what you think of the BBC itself he has paved the way that other media giants are going to intigrate thier services onto the Net.
This race is essentially becoming one of Rocket (Armidillo) vs. Spaceplane (Scaled). Might NASA take a hint from this in the developement of thier next generation of spacecraft.
From my experience with American politics they are likely to try the one that has previously exploded in their face.
I like the point you are trying to make however I believe that NASA would feel safer using an upgraded Saturn V rocket for launching Astronauts and using new technology, Such as one shot V1 type Launch systems (see pulse detonation/rocket hybred) and other "innovative technologies" used expressly for Cargo missions. This new generation of unmanned cargo craft will require a number of new technologies being developed by NASA in the area of automated AI navigation.
Yes but given the fact that this comes from space the geek factor has increased to the point that slashdoters actually would care. (And most likely make a number of insensitive clod comments about it)
YOu obviously haven't watched many french movies. They have a long way to go to catch up with British, American, and Indian Film makers. First get rid of the French and change it to English or a Hindi dialect. Second have your actors drink less before coming on stage. Third and least is the special affects needed for moon landings.
Actually this might encourage investment by the government in Space Technology. After all the American and Russian on the Space Station might resist. They'll have to send up hundreds of rockets for the "Shock and Awe" phase.
I can't believe that you look at/. as a means to set your personal moral code as to the essence of good and/or evil. Slashdot is a medium for discussion of topics (and posting jokes about "In Mother Russia...") It is not like religion or family were your morals are designed to be set. The internet is no place to have your morality develop.
Slashdot does not tell you good vs. evil. If you support starving artists you phrase your arguement to skew to the RIAA, if you support file sharers you skew to the side of Sherman. You can be swayed from side to side by the arguements contained within but not by the "slant" of the original post.
To the mediator who is likely to turn my Karma to mud, I appoligize and have the utmost respect for your opinion, but submit stories without bias and then post your slant.
World hunger is actually more of a problem of transportation and politics at the current time then it is a problem of food production and cost. Using the money given by large nations and contributors at the current time, the food overproduced due to farming subsidies in the developed nations (mumbles inaudibly) we could feed all those starving. However, due to trade sanctions (More inaudible disgruntled mumbling that sounds surprisingly like cursing), local corruption (Iraq was a good example of plenty of food that was being held back for no better reason then the government officials wanted to be bribed to do their jobs), and lack of reliable infrastructure (See problems of food distribution in Central Africa) that was most likely the cause of the food shortages in the first place.
Best possible Idea, build the Space elevator and use it to deliver food supplies via sub-orbital air drop. Even if it doesn't work right we would end up with a ton of good blooper home videos from the endeavor.
Could astronauts finally have a means to meaningfully interact with people on the ground. We can finally lock them in a small room with an interactive version of thier girlfriend/wife/boyfriend/husband and get all the talk they want on the 6-8 month trip to mars. Now all we have to do is make a program that can acticipate answers from our loved ones.
(Actually programming the answers for my last few girlfriends would drive me nuts.)
The establishment of a Refuel/Construction station at L1 or (and knowing the government) L2, seems to be a major goal. It is not however mentioned wiether this station would be best as an automated station or a manned station. With good communication and a manned space station being maintained in LEO (Which should be pushed into higher orbit when we abandon the Space shuttle if you ask me) does this new station need to be manned? Is thier any scientific advantage to manning the station or can we operate it from earth just as well?
I must say it almost seems like a feasible plan if well funded and supported. But the proccess is going to be slowed down if this first station must be inhabited.
(7) There have been numerous commissions and study panels over the last 30 years that have articulated goals for the future of human space flight, and additional studies to establish goals are not needed at this time.
I was recently reading Ben Bova's "Venus" and was thinking about the ability of humanity to live in the upper reaches of Venus's atmosphere. Anyone seen anything on this?
I want to find some Rare Earth Elements and excessive mineral/gem deposits. Showing pictures of a 300-carat diamond sitting on the surface of Mars will get us their a lot faster then looking for trace amounts of water.
Yes I understand that it is necessary to sustain life on Mars but your average investor/citizen of such an endeavor couldn't give a rats ass.
2 Retnus Monkey's & one of these could probably be taught to do most of my job. I just hope the fecus throwing monkeys don't start to rub off on my E-Sec.
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I love the fact that Good old Rupert was knocked down to size by a pioneer in e-izing independent media, Greg Dyke. I have loved the BBC's style of reporting since living in Birmingham for a year. Since then Greg Dyke has moved the BBC to be one of the best news/tv sites on the net. Regardless of what you think of the BBC itself he has paved the way that other media giants are going to intigrate thier services onto the Net.
For the worlds worst example see FOX News.
I thought CowboyNeal would at least have ranked this year.
No but it makes us prophets.
Like Jay and Silent Bob...
Not necessarily good prophets but prophets none the less.
This race is essentially becoming one of Rocket (Armidillo) vs. Spaceplane (Scaled). Might NASA take a hint from this in the developement of thier next generation of spacecraft. From my experience with American politics they are likely to try the one that has previously exploded in their face.
The way NASA has been progressing we are likely to see Commerical ORBITAL flights before they get back up.
That would break the Hitchcock rule "The Length of a movie should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder."
I like the point you are trying to make however I believe that NASA would feel safer using an upgraded Saturn V rocket for launching Astronauts and using new technology, Such as one shot V1 type Launch systems (see pulse detonation/rocket hybred) and other "innovative technologies" used expressly for Cargo missions. This new generation of unmanned cargo craft will require a number of new technologies being developed by NASA in the area of automated AI navigation.
Yes but given the fact that this comes from space the geek factor has increased to the point that slashdoters actually would care. (And most likely make a number of insensitive clod comments about it)
YOu obviously haven't watched many french movies. They have a long way to go to catch up with British, American, and Indian Film makers. First get rid of the French and change it to English or a Hindi dialect. Second have your actors drink less before coming on stage. Third and least is the special affects needed for moon landings.
You'd think that by this point someone at NASA would have been geeky enough to name a lunar probe Alice.
I don't even want to here name submissions for probes to Uranus.
Actually this might encourage investment by the government in Space Technology. After all the American and Russian on the Space Station might resist. They'll have to send up hundreds of rockets for the "Shock and Awe" phase.
I can't believe that you look at /. as a means to set your personal moral code as to the essence of good and/or evil. Slashdot is a medium for discussion of topics (and posting jokes about "In Mother Russia...") It is not like religion or family were your morals are designed to be set. The internet is no place to have your morality develop.
Slashdot does not tell you good vs. evil. If you support starving artists you phrase your arguement to skew to the RIAA, if you support file sharers you skew to the side of Sherman. You can be swayed from side to side by the arguements contained within but not by the "slant" of the original post.
To the mediator who is likely to turn my Karma to mud, I appoligize and have the utmost respect for your opinion, but submit stories without bias and then post your slant.
How long till Linix has a dedicated 64 bit dedicated system?
Microsoft 64 2008?
With this kind of BS why isn't he on the ballet for governor of Washington, or even president? Isn't that the greatest prerequisite of a politician?
Just don't start burning Bundy. SHIP IT TO THE USA you insensitive clods. Sorry I miss my overproof...
World hunger is actually more of a problem of transportation and politics at the current time then it is a problem of food production and cost. Using the money given by large nations and contributors at the current time, the food overproduced due to farming subsidies in the developed nations (mumbles inaudibly) we could feed all those starving. However, due to trade sanctions (More inaudible disgruntled mumbling that sounds surprisingly like cursing), local corruption (Iraq was a good example of plenty of food that was being held back for no better reason then the government officials wanted to be bribed to do their jobs), and lack of reliable infrastructure (See problems of food distribution in Central Africa) that was most likely the cause of the food shortages in the first place.
Best possible Idea, build the Space elevator and use it to deliver food supplies via sub-orbital air drop. Even if it doesn't work right we would end up with a ton of good blooper home videos from the endeavor.
Could astronauts finally have a means to meaningfully interact with people on the ground. We can finally lock them in a small room with an interactive version of thier girlfriend/wife/boyfriend/husband and get all the talk they want on the 6-8 month trip to mars. Now all we have to do is make a program that can acticipate answers from our loved ones.
(Actually programming the answers for my last few girlfriends would drive me nuts.)
The establishment of a Refuel/Construction station at L1 or (and knowing the government) L2, seems to be a major goal. It is not however mentioned wiether this station would be best as an automated station or a manned station. With good communication and a manned space station being maintained in LEO (Which should be pushed into higher orbit when we abandon the Space shuttle if you ask me) does this new station need to be manned? Is thier any scientific advantage to manning the station or can we operate it from earth just as well?
I must say it almost seems like a feasible plan if well funded and supported. But the proccess is going to be slowed down if this first station must be inhabited.
(7) There have been numerous commissions and study panels over the last 30 years that have articulated goals for the future of human space flight, and additional studies to establish goals are not needed at this time.
"In this house we will obey the laws of thermal dynamics."
I was recently reading Ben Bova's "Venus" and was thinking about the ability of humanity to live in the upper reaches of Venus's atmosphere. Anyone seen anything on this?
I think a health spa would do very well their.
Ya, but if we were mining asteroids, mars, or the moon the price would drop to were removing it from Fort Knox would not be profitable.
Exploitable mineral content
I want to find some Rare Earth Elements and excessive mineral/gem deposits. Showing pictures of a 300-carat diamond sitting on the surface of Mars will get us their a lot faster then looking for trace amounts of water.
Yes I understand that it is necessary to sustain life on Mars but your average investor/citizen of such an endeavor couldn't give a rats ass.
2 Retnus Monkey's & one of these could probably be taught to do most of my job. I just hope the fecus throwing monkeys don't start to rub off on my E-Sec.
Worse then that but imagine the confusion when all us lonely geeks name our E-Sec Ms. Moneypenny. Mass Hysteria.
My E-Sec. will have to learn all my common misspellings and abbreviations. Like those two.