Don't they understand that the closer to the equator they are, the greater the natural velocity of the vessel? By picking a trajectory so far North, they will have to burn more fuel to get the vehicle up to a speed which they would've gotten for free if they started somewhere closer to the equator.
The rotation of the Earth could help 'fling' the craft into the air, but instead, by going so far North, it's just going to help the craft spin (imaging launching a craft from the North pole...the rocket would be naturally spinning as it left the ground).
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"It's not easy to set aside questions of ethics and choice. It is not even possible. However, in this essay we simply overlook them in order to work toward our hypothesis."
To simply overlook ethics in order to work toward our hypothesis is to deny the very essence of what makes us human. If we simply work towards a single goal without questioning the morality of that goal, we are already computers...the wiring is just a simple detail.
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Who picked Saskatchewan as a launch site??
Don't they understand that the closer to the equator they are, the greater the natural velocity of the vessel? By picking a trajectory so far North, they will have to burn more fuel to get the vehicle up to a speed which they would've gotten for free if they started somewhere closer to the equator.
The rotation of the Earth could help 'fling' the craft into the air, but instead, by going so far North, it's just going to help the craft spin (imaging launching a craft from the North pole...the rocket would be naturally spinning as it left the ground).
"Every year or two a programmer or engineer goes to jail for exploiting slot machines."
It says a lot about wages for programmers.
It seems to me /. is reporting more and more book reviews lately. Book reviews are merely another means of advertising.
I wonder...does slashdot get paid for reporting book reviews?
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"Your grandchildren may write school papers on the discoveries these tools will make..." Tools don't make discoveries, people make discoveries.
"It's not easy to set aside questions of ethics and choice. It is not even possible. However, in this essay we simply overlook them in order to work toward our hypothesis."
To simply overlook ethics in order to work toward our hypothesis is to deny the very essence of what makes us human. If we simply work towards a single goal without questioning the morality of that goal, we are already computers...the wiring is just a simple detail.