Yes, it has a lot to do with how the money is spent At a purely surface level, Hawaii is largely Dem and North Carolina is largely Rep It has a lot to do with quality of life, particularly for the people who live around military bases
Political issues in Manilla had a lot to do with abandoning Subic Bay. Locals clashed with bused-in supporters because they did not want to lose the money from the base. Those issues have been largely overwhelmed by fear about China these days
The Philippines is a vast, diverse country that does not make an easy one-for-one comparison with Hawaii. I believe that is is easier to compare the entirety of Hawaii to Subic Bay's local province of Zambales than it is to compare Hawaii to the entire Philippines
While I agree that China is forcing US and their allies to support a larger military in the region, I would also state that the localized benefit to Subic Bay or the Hawaiian islands matters most to the people who live close to the bases
I suppose that opinion matters if you are talking to people in Manilla, Palawan or Subic Bay as to what they think the primary benefit is
Chinese encroachment is the primary reason, same with Vietnam, for local governments to welcome a US presence, but localized economic improvement is a benefit for the people who are local to wherever the US decides to drop anchor
I would suggest that Hawaii's strategic place in the Pacific has lead to a considerable influx of military money, military personnel and associated increase in the economy related to it
The Philippines, which had demanded that the US Navy abandon Subic Bay in the 90's, is welcoming the of the US Navy's return with open arms because of the boost to the economy http://www.stripes.com/news/us...
Sure, it is nice to harbor old-timey notions and traditions, but be careful that they do not have long term downsides
FTA "We’re already designing New Shepard’s sibling, her Very Big Brother – an orbital launch vehicle that is many times New Shepard’s size and is powered by our 550,000-lbf thrust liquefied natural gas, liquid oxygen BE-4 engine."
So, this is a technological stepping stone to an orbital vehicle
Thanks, the vid was a little underwhelming, A total of 10 images, each lasting ten seconds with a pan/scan added that tries to make it look like it's moving faster than that, but that blows the frame of referene from image to image so you can't see how the light and dark areas as moving I was hoping for a few thousand images built into a video at 30 frames a seconds for the full 60's psychedelic rock show experience Yeah, yeah, I wanted too much for my simple amusement:/
Just watched the video from the linked story There may have been a couple of applications running on windows to view the data, but the bulk of the screens that the controllers were staring at looked distinctly like x-windows I have to wonder how much they pay for those big square flat screens
Yes, right up to the point that the checks and balances of either the Executive (by refusing to sign the laws or enforce them) or the Judiciary (by invalidating the laws as unconstitutional) act on them
"penalties that will attack our energy production with absolutely no input from congress or constitutional law being passed by congress"
Maybe producing energy is not protected by the Constitution
US law is based on British Common Law and Common Law in most cases rules for the mutual use and benefit from common resources as opposed to the singular benefit shown in old Spanish Law where shit flowed downhill and people just had to live with it
NASA drew up all sorts of plans for Space Stations, NERVA based space craft, etc all based on the idea that they would have an impressive ability to launch material into orbit.
The break-even point for cost and materials between the Shuttle and Saturn V was one Shuttle launch a week, a number that we never came close to attaining.
I remember the Skylab, which was a school-bus sized space station that could go up with a single Saturn V launch that stayed in orbit for six years even though we only occupied it for six months
Imagine if we were putting a quarter million lbs of gear into orbit a few times a year. Now THAT would be a space program
Yeah, I'll give you that one. Of course it would not have been an issue for us either if we were still using 1960's technology Just imagine how much mass we could have launched into orbit by now if we sunk all of the Shuttle money into Saturn V's
Ukraine was going to build the Zenit next-gen rockets back when there was a Soviet Union Politics became an issue and now Russia builds what Russia uses
Troops in Middle East: "How many U.S. troops were stationed in and around Iraq when Baghdad fell? The Pentagon said April 8 that some 340,000 U.S. servicemen and women were under the authority of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which covers a region stretching from the Horn of Africa through the Persian Gulf and into Central Asia. GlobalSecurity.org, a defense information website, estimated that about 235,000 of these troops were engaged in the Iraq war." http://www.cfr.org/iraq/iraq-u...
You mention books, 'thousands of books' that back you up, but you cannot be bothered to list even a single title
You bring up Rockefeller, a man with less than a 20th of the koch bros wealth, as what? a boogey man But then the birchers have always had an obsession with Rockefeller http://www.jbs.org/about-jbs/m...
re, the Middle East? You make no solid comparison, there are vast differences between landing hundreds of thousands of troops there and tactically withdrawing ourselves
You have nothing, that is why you want to end the conversation
Not really I am pretty aware of the tactics used by the Birchers since the 50's
It starts with advocating radical action as a 'conservative' value Then, when it is widely demonstrated as a failure, you attempt to smear everybody else as a failure, because 'they are all the same'
It is perfectly demonstrated by the last round of neo-cons at the wheel when they ran the country into a ditch like drunken teenagers
Of course it was not completely random since it did give the monied powers behind the neo-cons billions and billions of dollars, while the rest of us are left holding the check
It would be bad form to gloat publicly, so we just get disappointed clucking and redirection of blame, because 'they are all the same'
But you know the koch bros (the ones trying to buy the next election for the repubs) are the revered sons of the former head of the Birchers, and they figure that all these millenials haven't seen their daddy's shoddy tricks and are ripe for the plucking
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I do not believe that the war debt was being recognized in those numbers either
Yes, it has a lot to do with how the money is spent
At a purely surface level, Hawaii is largely Dem and North Carolina is largely Rep
It has a lot to do with quality of life, particularly for the people who live around military bases
Political issues in Manilla had a lot to do with abandoning Subic Bay. Locals clashed with bused-in supporters because they did not want to lose the money from the base. Those issues have been largely overwhelmed by fear about China these days
The Philippines is a vast, diverse country that does not make an easy one-for-one comparison with Hawaii.
I believe that is is easier to compare the entirety of Hawaii to Subic Bay's local province of Zambales than it is to compare Hawaii to the entire Philippines
While I agree that China is forcing US and their allies to support a larger military in the region, I would also state that the localized benefit to Subic Bay or the Hawaiian islands matters most to the people who live close to the bases
I suppose that opinion matters if you are talking to people in Manilla, Palawan or Subic Bay as to what they think the primary benefit is
Chinese encroachment is the primary reason, same with Vietnam, for local governments to welcome a US presence, but localized economic improvement is a benefit for the people who are local to wherever the US decides to drop anchor
I would suggest that Hawaii's strategic place in the Pacific has lead to a considerable influx of military money, military personnel and associated increase in the economy related to it
The Philippines, which had demanded that the US Navy abandon Subic Bay in the 90's, is welcoming the of the US Navy's return with open arms because of the boost to the economy
http://www.stripes.com/news/us...
Sure, it is nice to harbor old-timey notions and traditions, but be careful that they do not have long term downsides
FTA
"We’re already designing New Shepard’s sibling, her Very Big Brother – an orbital launch vehicle that is many times New Shepard’s size and is powered by our 550,000-lbf thrust liquefied natural gas, liquid oxygen BE-4 engine."
So, this is a technological stepping stone to an orbital vehicle
Nice
Thank you
Thanks, the vid was a little underwhelming, :/
A total of 10 images, each lasting ten seconds with a pan/scan added that tries to make it look like it's moving faster than that, but that blows the frame of referene from image to image so you can't see how the light and dark areas as moving
I was hoping for a few thousand images built into a video at 30 frames a seconds for the full 60's psychedelic rock show experience
Yeah, yeah, I wanted too much for my simple amusement
Does anybody have a link to the video that they mention in the article?
Just watched the video from the linked story
There may have been a couple of applications running on windows to view the data, but the bulk of the screens that the controllers were staring at looked distinctly like x-windows
I have to wonder how much they pay for those big square flat screens
PL/SQL is a descendant of Ada. As a result I was involved in code review of a bunch of orbital mechanics code for y2k
Sometimes its pascal-iness makes it seem like you are reading pseudo code
Tell them it is written in ADA _then_ they will think that it is a joke
Not superior, but integrated into, enjoy
http://www.libertylawsite.org/...
Japanese version would cost you twice as much these days, keep moving west
Yes, having large families is a strategy for providing elder care when the parents are uncertain if their progeny will survive to adulthood
Yes, right up to the point that the checks and balances of either the Executive (by refusing to sign the laws or enforce them) or the Judiciary (by invalidating the laws as unconstitutional) act on them
That's Constitutional
"penalties that will attack our energy production with absolutely no input from congress or constitutional law being passed by congress"
Maybe producing energy is not protected by the Constitution
US law is based on British Common Law and Common Law in most cases rules for the mutual use and benefit from common resources as opposed to the singular benefit shown in old Spanish Law where shit flowed downhill and people just had to live with it
NASA drew up all sorts of plans for Space Stations, NERVA based space craft, etc all based on the idea that they would have an impressive ability to launch material into orbit.
The break-even point for cost and materials between the Shuttle and Saturn V was one Shuttle launch a week, a number that we never came close to attaining.
I remember the Skylab, which was a school-bus sized space station that could go up with a single Saturn V launch that stayed in orbit for six years even though we only occupied it for six months
Imagine if we were putting a quarter million lbs of gear into orbit a few times a year. Now THAT would be a space program
When is Dragon gonna be human rated?
Yeah, I'll give you that one. Of course it would not have been an issue for us either if we were still using 1960's technology
Just imagine how much mass we could have launched into orbit by now if we sunk all of the Shuttle money into Saturn V's
Retro actually :/
Ukraine was going to build the Zenit next-gen rockets back when there was a Soviet Union
Politics became an issue and now Russia builds what Russia uses
So much for the superiority of Russian rockets
Maybe they can make nice with Ukraine and get them to build some for them
Troops in Middle East:
"How many U.S. troops were stationed in and around Iraq when Baghdad fell?
The Pentagon said April 8 that some 340,000 U.S. servicemen and women were under the authority of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which covers a region stretching from the Horn of Africa through the Persian Gulf and into Central Asia. GlobalSecurity.org, a defense information website, estimated that about 235,000 of these troops were engaged in the Iraq war."
http://www.cfr.org/iraq/iraq-u...
Wealth:
David Rockefeller $3 Billion
http://www.forbes.com/profile/...
Charles Koch $42.6 Billion
http://www.forbes.com/profile/...
David Koch $42.6 Billion
http://www.forbes.com/profile/...
Their combined wealth is 28.4 times the wealth of David Rockefeller
Your conspiracies have eaten holes in your brain, just deal with reality and you will find that you have been deluded and distracted
You mention books, 'thousands of books' that back you up, but you cannot be bothered to list even a single title
You bring up Rockefeller, a man with less than a 20th of the koch bros wealth, as what? a boogey man
But then the birchers have always had an obsession with Rockefeller
http://www.jbs.org/about-jbs/m...
re, the Middle East? You make no solid comparison, there are vast differences between landing hundreds of thousands of troops there and tactically withdrawing ourselves
You have nothing, that is why you want to end the conversation
Blind, eh?
Not really I am pretty aware of the tactics used by the Birchers since the 50's
It starts with advocating radical action as a 'conservative' value
Then, when it is widely demonstrated as a failure, you attempt to smear everybody else as a failure, because 'they are all the same'
It is perfectly demonstrated by the last round of neo-cons at the wheel when they ran the country into a ditch like drunken teenagers
Of course it was not completely random since it did give the monied powers behind the neo-cons billions and billions of dollars, while the rest of us are left holding the check
It would be bad form to gloat publicly, so we just get disappointed clucking and redirection of blame, because 'they are all the same'
But you know the koch bros (the ones trying to buy the next election for the repubs) are the revered sons of the former head of the Birchers, and they figure that all these millenials haven't seen their daddy's shoddy tricks and are ripe for the plucking
Sorry, but you are not fooling anybody