China has flown into space twice in 4 years. They won't launch another manned mission until 2008. All with Soyuz technology they bought from the Russians.Indeed, China's program seems moribund.
If you want to take note of a vigorous non-US Japan lunar program, look at Japan. They are already is already beating China to the moon with the very advanced Selene mission. I think Japan will be Asia's space success story. Why so downbeat on NASA's moon plans? The ISS commitments are being kept. The shuttle assembly flights are damned impressive. Why should they fail in the lunar mission? The Ares space architecture seems right. Other nations have certainly proposed nothing better.
in any case then, the next question is if the solar systems in our galaxy mainly orbit in the plane of the galaxies rotation. I'd assume so.
The galactic plane is inclined at 123 degrees from the ecliptic. Its only a single example but your hypothesis has no basis. The torque that would bring the oblate, rotating sun and galactic core into the same plane are vanishingly small.
If you really need to be at the lunar distance to monitor climate you should station the instruments at L4 and L5. It takes a lot less energy deploy instruments there than landing on the moon. Solar eclipses are less frequent, etc. You would think that the scientist would have had this figured out before he went public.
Maybe they will. But they would be terribly counterproductive. Most of Europe runs a large trade deficit with the US. And emerging economies are ready to take up the slack. They have more to lose. Besides the US cut CO2 emissions by 1.3%. Nothing but economic suicide would fully placate them.
Europeans are brainwashed about America, and not very clear thinking.
Consider the discussion of climate in terms of control systems. The idea that politically negotiated adjustments of CO2 output are sufficient to control (whatever that means) the infinitely large dynamical states of the earth's climate is absurd. What outcome do you Kyotoists seek for the costs imposed? Do you want to end the current interglacial period. Great. Northern Europe and Canada will cease to exist due to renewed continental glaciation. Do you want to arrest climate change at the 1960 ideal? You can't Kyoto or no.
It is also not clear that greenhouse warming results in drought. It may result in the expansion of the temperate zone and increase agricultural output. The warming 20th century resulted in the expansion of world population from 1 to 6 billion. The dramatically cooling 14th century resulted in the deaths of 100 million or more due largely to failed cereal agriculture.
Now we have judges telling us that CO2 is a poison. So is their flatulence.
Castro is making a self-serving statement because he knows Cuba is a significant producer of sugarcane and potentially of ethanol, just like Brazil. It could be the cash cow he's been seeking since the fall of the USSR. Perhaps he dreams of selling it to the US. But ethanol is such a poor fuel compared to biodiesel I am amazed it gets the attention it does.
moves in the opposite direction compared to what's been previously thought.
Good God! A casual look at the Snake River Valley in Jackson Hole shows that there are many terraces - former valley floors that have risen due toregional uplift. Almost any popular picture of the Grand Teton with the Snake River in the foreground shows them. Nothing new here folks. Geomorphologists have observed them forever. The main fault that controls the Teton topography is still a reverse fault. It is certainly not offsetting in the wrong direction! The Yellowstone region is underlain by a well described hotspot which adds a dynamic element to the topography.
I shouldn't do this. But please give the guy some cash. It is extremely useful, and works with OpenOffice. My taxes were fairly complex and they came out perfectly. Maybe you can help out and make an even better version.
But hey, it's just the potential end of the world, so nothing much to worry about there.
The problem is many sciences use human hazards (read end of the world) justification for increased funding: seismic research, volcanology, climatology, oceanography. The fear market is tapped out.
Quoting economic theory doesn't cut much ice, especially when it is directly contradicted by the observed facts.
On the contrary. This fellow's behavior is an excellent example of the elasticity of demand which is a fundamental Econ 101 concept. The price of labor is simply too high for this user of "bricklayers" to participate. Let him eat his lungs! But expect him to work like a demon to find a lower price alternative. As a programmer I am all for the wage inflation that goes with scarceness of labor. But as a investor I recognize the value of H1B slave labor to corporate profits.
The concept is already in use with the parallel staging of the Space Shuttle. The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters are effectively a high thrust, low velocity exhaust first gear. The first gear is most effective when losses due to drag in the atmosphere are high. At sufficient height and speed, high thrust low speed exhaust is traded for lower thrust high speed exhaust when the SRB's are jettisoned and the main engines take over. This higher gear is analogous to the one described in the link.
Honestly, I don't even see a negative side to ethanol (other than it's still a fossil fuel). It reduces our dependance on foregin oil, and would (presumably) lower our national trade deficit and keep more money within the borders (something that conservatives are sure to be happy about).
Corn producers (often huge agribusinesses) are massively subsidized by the federal government, more than big oil. Cheap Brazilian ethanol is denied import. Ethanol is a shitty fuel. It is water soluble. It has lower power density than gasoline. Ethanol will have its place, but it is hardly the panacea you describe.
Obama's pandering to ethanol is hardly unique amongst presidential candidates these days.
As much as you obviously hate freedom and liberty and everythign good our country stands for, why don't you go live in a more authoritarian state such as North Korea? I would imagine you'd be happier amongst people of similar mindset to you.
I think you mistake an authoritarian state, for one where there is law and order. It is a point on which white flag democrats are perpetually confused.
Fortunately for you, we, the winners, are not as vindictive and violent as your kind are, or you would be up against the wall with a blindfold and a last smoke.
Do you think so? Your success depends on the likes of, Hillary, Barack Hussein Bin Laden, and John "White Flag" Edwards. When we regain power, as we surely shall, we will go back to abusing you. It is the natural order of things.
Does it burn that you are no longer relevant? I certainly hope so. When the last of your kind dies off, the sane and normal people will heave a sigh of relief.
The NYT has FAR less bias than Fox News. I'd put it as far left-wing as CNN is right-wing.
LOL!
I love my country, but I dislike the current administration. Our country was founded by men who questioned authority. I'm more of a patriot than anyone who blindly follows authority.
You are a defeat craving, leftist subversive. You ought to be flogged and deported to the first socialist country that would have you.
But we can't let any slight against the US, no matter how small or even entirely in your head it might be, go unchallenged
The NYT is notorious for bashing and embarrassing US government institutions under this President. I am pointing out there is plenty of criticism to go around for orbital debris and that the NYT is a dishonest shill of the liberal left. God bless the United States of America.
Right off the top of my head I can't think of a feasible way of beginning to clean this up.
You leave it alone and it will go away. The drag forces on small objects in LEO will cause their orbits to decay in 3-5 years. Debris in higher orbits is another matter.
A year later, apprehension rose as the fuel tank of an abandoned American rocket engine exploded, breaking the craft into 713 detectable fragments -- until now, the record.
The NYT calls out the US but makes no mention of the the loss of the CERISE satellite by a fragment of an exploded Ariane upper stage in 1997.
Funny, IT was scrounging and asking users to deinstall Visio so they wouldn't have to pay through the ass for a license upgrade. Microsoft's sleezy business is based on artificial software scarcity. $70/desktop. What a crock. Thanks fanboy.
Why should every company in the world have to build up their own expertise and have to maintain servers and provide security?
I work for a medical device manufacturer that brings incredible levels of scrutany to its suppliers. The parts we receive from them must strictly meet requirements and are carefully qualified. So how is it the same company tolerates the dreck software that comes out of Redmond, pays millions annually for it, and must employ an army of techicians to keep it running? It is an astonishing imbalance.
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China has flown into space twice in 4 years. They won't launch another manned mission until 2008. All with Soyuz technology they bought from the Russians.Indeed, China's program seems moribund.
If you want to take note of a vigorous non-US Japan lunar program, look at Japan. They are already is already beating China to the moon with the very advanced Selene mission. I think Japan will be Asia's space success story. Why so downbeat on NASA's moon plans? The ISS commitments are being kept. The shuttle assembly flights are damned impressive. Why should they fail in the lunar mission? The Ares space architecture seems right. Other nations have certainly proposed nothing better.
Use gcc much?
Fly in a Boeing airplane.
The galactic plane is inclined at 123 degrees from the ecliptic. Its only a single example but your hypothesis has no basis. The torque that would bring the oblate, rotating sun and galactic core into the same plane are vanishingly small.
If you really need to be at the lunar distance to monitor climate you should station the instruments at L4 and L5. It takes a lot less energy deploy instruments there than landing on the moon. Solar eclipses are less frequent, etc. You would think that the scientist would have had this figured out before he went public.
Maybe they will. But they would be terribly counterproductive. Most of Europe runs a large trade deficit with the US. And emerging economies are ready to take up the slack. They have more to lose. Besides the US cut CO2 emissions by 1.3%. Nothing but economic suicide would fully placate them.
Europeans are brainwashed about America, and not very clear thinking.
Consider the discussion of climate in terms of control systems. The idea that politically negotiated adjustments of CO2 output are sufficient to control (whatever that means) the infinitely large dynamical states of the earth's climate is absurd. What outcome do you Kyotoists seek for the costs imposed? Do you want to end the current interglacial period. Great. Northern Europe and Canada will cease to exist due to renewed continental glaciation. Do you want to arrest climate change at the 1960 ideal? You can't Kyoto or no.
It is also not clear that greenhouse warming results in drought. It may result in the expansion of the temperate zone and increase agricultural output. The warming 20th century resulted in the expansion of world population from 1 to 6 billion. The dramatically cooling 14th century resulted in the deaths of 100 million or more due largely to failed cereal agriculture.
Now we have judges telling us that CO2 is a poison. So is their flatulence.
Castro is making a self-serving statement because he knows Cuba is a significant producer of sugarcane and potentially of ethanol, just like Brazil. It could be the cash cow he's been seeking since the fall of the USSR. Perhaps he dreams of selling it to the US. But ethanol is such a poor fuel compared to biodiesel I am amazed it gets the attention it does.
Good God! A casual look at the Snake River Valley in Jackson Hole shows that there are many terraces - former valley floors that have risen due toregional uplift. Almost any popular picture of the Grand Teton with the Snake River in the foreground shows them. Nothing new here folks. Geomorphologists have observed them forever. The main fault that controls the Teton topography is still a reverse fault. It is certainly not offsetting in the wrong direction! The Yellowstone region is underlain by a well described hotspot which adds a dynamic element to the topography.
I shouldn't do this. But please give the guy some cash. It is extremely useful, and works with OpenOffice. My taxes were fairly complex and they came out perfectly. Maybe you can help out and make an even better version.
The problem is many sciences use human hazards (read end of the world) justification for increased funding: seismic research, volcanology, climatology, oceanography. The fear market is tapped out.
On the contrary. This fellow's behavior is an excellent example of the elasticity of demand which is a fundamental Econ 101 concept. The price of labor is simply too high for this user of "bricklayers" to participate. Let him eat his lungs! But expect him to work like a demon to find a lower price alternative. As a programmer I am all for the wage inflation that goes with scarceness of labor. But as a investor I recognize the value of H1B slave labor to corporate profits.
The concept is already in use with the parallel staging of the Space Shuttle. The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters are effectively a high thrust, low velocity exhaust first gear. The first gear is most effective when losses due to drag in the atmosphere are high. At sufficient height and speed, high thrust low speed exhaust is traded for lower thrust high speed exhaust when the SRB's are jettisoned and the main engines take over. This higher gear is analogous to the one described in the link.
Corn producers (often huge agribusinesses) are massively subsidized by the federal government, more than big oil. Cheap Brazilian ethanol is denied import. Ethanol is a shitty fuel. It is water soluble. It has lower power density than gasoline. Ethanol will have its place, but it is hardly the panacea you describe.
Obama's pandering to ethanol is hardly unique amongst presidential candidates these days.
I think you mistake an authoritarian state, for one where there is law and order. It is a point on which white flag democrats are perpetually confused.
Do you think so? Your success depends on the likes of, Hillary, Barack Hussein Bin Laden, and John "White Flag" Edwards. When we regain power, as we surely shall, we will go back to abusing you. It is the natural order of things.
Rudi, 2008.
LOL!
You are a defeat craving, leftist subversive. You ought to be flogged and deported to the first socialist country that would have you.
The NYT is notorious for bashing and embarrassing US government institutions under this President. I am pointing out there is plenty of criticism to go around for orbital debris and that the NYT is a dishonest shill of the liberal left. God bless the United States of America.
You leave it alone and it will go away. The drag forces on small objects in LEO will cause their orbits to decay in 3-5 years. Debris in higher orbits is another matter.
The NYT calls out the US but makes no mention of the the loss of the CERISE satellite by a fragment of an exploded Ariane upper stage in 1997.
I thought the same thing. They should keep the vehicles and a single pad and launch them unmanned. It is a great capability.
This is not news worthy in the least. It has been several years since groundwater seeps have been observed by the MOC camera on Mars Global Surveyor.
10,000 in this city alone. 30,000 total. pwned!
Funny, IT was scrounging and asking users to deinstall Visio so they wouldn't have to pay through the ass for a license upgrade. Microsoft's sleezy business is based on artificial software scarcity. $70/desktop. What a crock. Thanks fanboy.
I work for a medical device manufacturer that brings incredible levels of scrutany to its suppliers. The parts we receive from them must strictly meet requirements and are carefully qualified. So how is it the same company tolerates the dreck software that comes out of Redmond, pays millions annually for it, and must employ an army of techicians to keep it running? It is an astonishing imbalance.