Jose is an enemy combatant -- a terrorist caught in the act on the battlefield. The battlefield just happens to be US soil and he just happens to be a traitor.
I see no issue holding an enemy combatant until the war is over. From where I'm sitting, the war is still being fought -- just watch tonight's news.
This is all fine and dandy, but I'm waiting for you to suggest a thermal protection system that addresses these issues. If you have an idea, you should email NASA, because I'm sure you've thought of something they haven't...
Soyuz is a basically a throw-away pod with an ablative shield. Great stuff, but not if you have to bring large items and a crew of more that 2 or three home. We won't even begin to talk about the crossrange capability the Shuttle provides relative to capsules.
Don't get me wrong -- capsules are elegant in their simplicity. But if you are trying to do what the Shuttle does -- you have got to have more...
Both bombs were dropped on military targets: centers of industrial production. And the Japanese didn't surrender after the first bomb because they thought we only had one. The emperor even tried to continue to fight after the second one but quickly found out that his people did have a limit.
You are really engaging in some revisionist history with your viewpoint.
I think your calculations are a bit off. LEO is about 83% of the energy needed to get to the moon. Here's a link to some data (particulary good graphical presentation) -- you want to look at page 6 and beyond:
Here's my favorite stat from a book I just read on China:
"Three hundred million rural Chinese will move to cities in the next fifteen years. China must build urban infrastructure equivalent to Houston's every month in order to absorb them."
So they've got their work cut out for them just getting a basic infrastructure in place. Once they do, their people will get sick of crappy wages and their tyrannical government and their growth will level off -- hopefully they will get rid of the tyrants too.
Personally, as an American, I wish our neighbors to the south (Mexico) would get as ambitious as the Chinese.
Bottomline is SS1 adheres to KISS which is usually good engineering.
I don't wish SS1 any bad luck, but every flight has been lucky. Each time, they barely pulled out of huge attitude departures. They collapased a landing gear on landing. They never came close to staying within their designated airspace or on their planned flight path.
I'm still waiting for you to point to a vehicle (not a dream) that does 1/2 of what the shuttle can do. Something the shuttle has done over a hundred times.
I do. It was either that or fire-bombing. And I think that Japan (and certainly the world) is better off now than it would be under its "Emperor-god." But hey -- your milage may vary.
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You're the expert on heroin and I'm the moron? Right....
Moving your server to Holland is great -- until you realize that the sysadmins there are tripping out on heroin 24x7...
Meow.
Tell that to lower Manhattan.
If you google "asymmetrical war" you get over half a million hits. So, perhaps you should do some reading.
It's a freakin' war -- maybe you haven't heard of this concept called "asymmetrical war?" Don't expect to find a front line...
Since he's been sitting in the brig for some time now, I'd say some of that shit must matter...
It makes Tim's act a simple crime rather than an act of war.
Feel free to let him go. I know I like dirty bombs going off in my neighborhood.
Tim wasn't part of a larger war - just a loose cannon.
Jose is an enemy combatant -- a terrorist caught in the act on the battlefield. The battlefield just happens to be US soil and he just happens to be a traitor.
I see no issue holding an enemy combatant until the war is over. From where I'm sitting, the war is still being fought -- just watch tonight's news.
This is all fine and dandy, but I'm waiting for you to suggest a thermal protection system that addresses these issues. If you have an idea, you should email NASA, because I'm sure you've thought of something they haven't...
Soyuz is a basically a throw-away pod with an ablative shield. Great stuff, but not if you have to bring large items and a crew of more that 2 or three home. We won't even begin to talk about the crossrange capability the Shuttle provides relative to capsules.
Don't get me wrong -- capsules are elegant in their simplicity. But if you are trying to do what the Shuttle does -- you have got to have more...
Now practice civility in your reply...
Come on. The Chinese can't even get a fire drill done right.
Pound sand. This statement was not in the freaking article -- it was made by the poster about the article. My point stands and you're and idiot.
A statement like this should be backed up with some facts. Otherwise it's just slander. HBR is a quality publication.
Those were just facts -- I don't see any "back handing..."
Looking back at my post, I struggle to see where any "bashing" occurred...
Both bombs were dropped on military targets: centers of industrial production. And the Japanese didn't surrender after the first bomb because they thought we only had one. The emperor even tried to continue to fight after the second one but quickly found out that his people did have a limit.
You are really engaging in some revisionist history with your viewpoint.
I think your calculations are a bit off. LEO is about 83% of the energy needed to get to the moon. Here's a link to some data (particulary good graphical presentation) -- you want to look at page 6 and beyond:
http://www.mines.edu/research/srr/Reference%20LibThis is why establishing a firm foothold in LEO (ISS) is pretty important.
(Cue demachina rant)
Here's my favorite stat from a book I just read on China:
"Three hundred million rural Chinese will move to cities in the next fifteen years. China must build urban infrastructure equivalent to Houston's every month in order to absorb them."
So they've got their work cut out for them just getting a basic infrastructure in place. Once they do, their people will get sick of crappy wages and their tyrannical government and their growth will level off -- hopefully they will get rid of the tyrants too.
Personally, as an American, I wish our neighbors to the south (Mexico) would get as ambitious as the Chinese.
I don't wish SS1 any bad luck, but every flight has been lucky. Each time, they barely pulled out of huge attitude departures. They collapased a landing gear on landing. They never came close to staying within their designated airspace or on their planned flight path.
I'm still waiting for you to point to a vehicle (not a dream) that does 1/2 of what the shuttle can do. Something the shuttle has done over a hundred times.
I do. It was either that or fire-bombing. And I think that Japan (and certainly the world) is better off now than it would be under its "Emperor-god." But hey -- your milage may vary.
This comment is beyond poor taste and is simply cruel.
These people inspire no confidence.You know nothing about these people.
Could you elaborate please?What other system could have launched and recovered it?
Are you really that naive to believe this?I guess so -- if you do the energy calculation, getting to LEO takes about 83% of that required to achieve escape velocity.
How does 2 1/2 years become 5?