Yes, they worked the first time with billions in spending and legions of the best scientists they could find. Granted that was 60 years ago but it is by no means easy.
Other than obtaining the materials (which can be traced), you have to create the "lens" which focuses the implosion. You can take two slugs and run them togehter, but even that is more complicated than just pushing the material together. If not done correctly, the reaction with be quenched and you get a dud.
The notion of a "fast follower" is well known in the business world. You let other companies develop new technology and *most importantly* educate the market with their dollars. Then you enter the market as a fast follower with your product where you have learned from others' mistakes and successes. In many industries, it's actually an advantage to be a fast follower. For example when the cost of educating the market is so large as to suck off cash from other critical activities.
Finally, MS has never really been known as an industry leader. They are a huge marketing machine. There's nothing wrong with that, you just have to realize that you don't have to be a market leader to be a success. I think that classic "tech" people often forget this.
I suspect that's it's not the total lifting capacity that's important, rather the cost per pound to orbit that's important.D-IVH costs about $140MM per flight. That works out to about 5k per pound to orbit. I assuem that the proce will drop over the life fo the program as we figure out how to manufacture it more effeciently. Assume a 20% cost reduction so that gives us abotu 3.9k per poound to orbit.
It was harder to find costs for Energia, but I did see costs of abotu 3k-5k per pound to orbit. Here's the source http://k26.com/buran/Info/Site_F_A_Q_/buran_f_a_q_.html
That seems somewhat arrogant. I work on the business side of a startup and I don't have time to run SQL queries on my data in order to get at actionable information. Pivot tables are very useful - if for no other reason than I use Excel for data analysis and not a SQL database.
NASA is moving away from the Shuttle... but not for anouther 20-28 missions. There simply is not enough lift capability that can support the current design on the various ISS modules. They were built to fit in the Shuttle and not in another heavy lift booster. My guess is the net present value of the science + ecomonic gain will dip below 0 if the remaining components have to be redesigned. So we need to keep the Shuttle active for most of the remaining build out time of the ISS.
Hey, on the bright side, the Shuttle was built specifically to go to a space station (space station Alpha, then Freedom, etc) which never materialized until well into the Shuttle's life. So at least it's doing what it was supposed to do (hence the name Shuttle)...
Why not just use a web interface so that you don't have a Mac or PC version. I've been playing with Pluck's ( http://www.pluck.com ) web interface which I like. Other vendors also have web interfaces.
India:
Over 25% of India's population is under the poverty line.
India is 62 out of 221 nations in infant mortality
India is 152nd (out of 236 nations in per capita GDP
9.3% of kids in India die before age 5 (54th out of 193 nations)
Sudan:
Sudan is 52 out of 221 nations in infant mortality
Sudan is 186nd (out of 236 nations in per capita GDP
10.7% of kids in Sudan die before age 5 (46th out of 193 nations)
No, WiMax has higher power requirements. You also have link margin issues due to distance to towers. It also depends on what band you use WiMax in. If it's UNII (teh unlicensed band) you have a repidly rising noise floor to deal with. If you're in licensed bands, you have to worry about expensive licenses. Take a look at http://www.ieee802.org/16/ for more info on WiMax.
It's decent for backhaul but not so good for other appliations due to 1) low number of people who's homes aren't passed by wire line technologies 2) you have to find decent spectrum due to rising noise in UNII 3) 4G towers will cover the US soon.
Apple doesn't sell SW/HW/Online music. They sell a lifestyle. Their entire brand is built around it. You're not buying an iPod, iBook, etc from Apple, you're buying an image. MS tries to leverage parts of its solutions into other aread. Think of it like bowling pins. MS "falls" into other pins that leverage what they already have as opposed to Apple's strategy.
Personally I think that Google has been going down hill. Do a search for "Mayfield Venture" or "Mayfield". Google returns inferior results. Many times, it feels like Google returns more blog type results.
No, they would have split the stock to bring it to a more "normal" price -- somewhere in the $15-$30 dollar range. It would have been priced on the low side, as oppesed to a Dutch auction which tends to price higher. The stock would have risen some percentage points just like any other IPO.
Most observations are made over a long period of time. The vibrations transmitted from the ISS would make observations impossible. There's also probably quite a bit of junk around the ISS which could foul up the Hubble.
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Yes, they worked the first time with billions in spending and legions of the best scientists they could find. Granted that was 60 years ago but it is by no means easy.
Other than obtaining the materials (which can be traced), you have to create the "lens" which focuses the implosion. You can take two slugs and run them togehter, but even that is more complicated than just pushing the material together. If not done correctly, the reaction with be quenched and you get a dud.Finally, MS has never really been known as an industry leader. They are a huge marketing machine. There's nothing wrong with that, you just have to realize that you don't have to be a market leader to be a success. I think that classic "tech" people often forget this.
I've noticed that more places have free WiFi access here in Austin. The Tavern (a bar) just added it which has lowered my productivity quite a bit...
I suspect that's it's not the total lifting capacity that's important, rather the cost per pound to orbit that's important.D-IVH costs about $140MM per flight. That works out to about 5k per pound to orbit. I assuem that the proce will drop over the life fo the program as we figure out how to manufacture it more effeciently. Assume a 20% cost reduction so that gives us abotu 3.9k per poound to orbit. It was harder to find costs for Energia, but I did see costs of abotu 3k-5k per pound to orbit. Here's the source http://k26.com/buran/Info/Site_F_A_Q_/buran_f_a_q_ .html
That seems somewhat arrogant. I work on the business side of a startup and I don't have time to run SQL queries on my data in order to get at actionable information. Pivot tables are very useful - if for no other reason than I use Excel for data analysis and not a SQL database.
The current are of mp3 players is not like the early computer days, it's more like the early walkman days.
You're forgetting that the mainstream user:
Does not use a iPod as a hard drive. Really, only a small market segment even cares about this capability.
Wants a solution that works out of the box
As part of the previous point, wants easy music download that's vertically integrated into the product
Will pay a premium for a brand leader, similiar to paying more for a Sony Walkman
NASA is moving away from the Shuttle... but not for anouther 20-28 missions. There simply is not enough lift capability that can support the current design on the various ISS modules. They were built to fit in the Shuttle and not in another heavy lift booster. My guess is the net present value of the science + ecomonic gain will dip below 0 if the remaining components have to be redesigned. So we need to keep the Shuttle active for most of the remaining build out time of the ISS.
Hey, on the bright side, the Shuttle was built specifically to go to a space station (space station Alpha, then Freedom, etc) which never materialized until well into the Shuttle's life. So at least it's doing what it was supposed to do (hence the name Shuttle)...
oops, didn't format my link correctly http://www.pluck.com/
Why not just use a web interface so that you don't have a Mac or PC version. I've been playing with Pluck's ( http://www.pluck.com ) web interface which I like. Other vendors also have web interfaces.
India: Over 25% of India's population is under the poverty line. India is 62 out of 221 nations in infant mortality India is 152nd (out of 236 nations in per capita GDP 9.3% of kids in India die before age 5 (54th out of 193 nations) Sudan: Sudan is 52 out of 221 nations in infant mortality Sudan is 186nd (out of 236 nations in per capita GDP 10.7% of kids in Sudan die before age 5 (46th out of 193 nations)
No, WiMax has higher power requirements. You also have link margin issues due to distance to towers. It also depends on what band you use WiMax in. If it's UNII (teh unlicensed band) you have a repidly rising noise floor to deal with. If you're in licensed bands, you have to worry about expensive licenses. Take a look at http://www.ieee802.org/16/ for more info on WiMax. It's decent for backhaul but not so good for other appliations due to 1) low number of people who's homes aren't passed by wire line technologies 2) you have to find decent spectrum due to rising noise in UNII 3) 4G towers will cover the US soon.
Apple doesn't sell SW/HW/Online music. They sell a lifestyle. Their entire brand is built around it. You're not buying an iPod, iBook, etc from Apple, you're buying an image. MS tries to leverage parts of its solutions into other aread. Think of it like bowling pins. MS "falls" into other pins that leverage what they already have as opposed to Apple's strategy.
Personally I think that Google has been going down hill. Do a search for "Mayfield Venture" or "Mayfield". Google returns inferior results. Many times, it feels like Google returns more blog type results.
No, they would have split the stock to bring it to a more "normal" price -- somewhere in the $15-$30 dollar range. It would have been priced on the low side, as oppesed to a Dutch auction which tends to price higher. The stock would have risen some percentage points just like any other IPO.
I like Pluck, http://www.pluck.com , it seems to work well, isn't huge, and has a good set of functionality without being bloated.
Most observations are made over a long period of time. The vibrations transmitted from the ISS would make observations impossible. There's also probably quite a bit of junk around the ISS which could foul up the Hubble.