the issue here is Monkey." --astronaut Gus Grissom
So why should astronauts be pilots at all?
This question has been thoroughly discussed and answered in The Right Stuff. I recommend the movie over the book.... even though the book is much more informative and in-depth (obviously), the movie is more fun.
no, anything is possible. I mean, sure in this case the satellites were being used for innocuous purposes (weather observation), but suppose they were being used to spy on someone prior to assasination, or something like that. Would it be unethical to hack into a satellite to prevent an evil act from taking place?
not only that, Mitsubishi was also responsible for hiding the defective fuel tank of its A6M aircraft from the American public. It was only discovered after examining the wreckage of the plane that went down in the Aleutian islands that we finally learned the truth: that it was unarmored, non-self-sealing, and prone to exploding when hit by gunfire. Mitsubishi never owned up to it, nor take the necessary steps to remedy the problem.
not to mention, Jobs was only able to take total control because Apple was very close to death.
If Scully and the other bean counters didn't screw up as much as they did - and Apple was still a somewhat decent and profitable company - there's no way Job's would've been invited back, let alone go nuts the way he did.
I'm for small government and as much a libertarian as anyone here, but this is one of those times where the government needs to step in and put some regulation in place.
We need something similar to the do-not-call-list thingie they did a few years ago for telephone numbers, where you opt yourself in and you don't get hounded at home from telemarketers.
I live in upstate NY and don't want to travel super far
Well, it's good that you want to have a life with friends and family in NY. However, if you want to be a rocket engineer for new space firms, you're gonna have to go west eventually.
There are boatloads of aerospace companies here in southern California, including SpaceX and Scaled and Lockheed.
You could write them (Elon, Burt, Bezos) a letter now, explain your dream about being an engineer in the coming age of commercial spaceflight, and asking advice on where to study, what to study, and summer internship opportunities. And get an internship as soon as you can and start being around engineers and talking to them. Knowing people and human networking is worth ten times a fancy degree from an ivy league school.
i havent seen the video and i don't plan to, but I did read a number of written articles by him from simply being on Slashdot.
He just seems really full of himself, like he's trying his damn hardest to convince you of his importance. Which is funny because I (along with most of society) had never heard of him before.
proponent of the power of state, and believes that more of it, the better. He is a proponent of command economy, as evidenced by his goverment allocating economic resources according to ideology, rather than market realities.
How else to explain giving government money to these firms?
they're miffed that their airship hangers - which were orders of magnitude bigger than this and could withstand 100mph hurricane winds - aren't gettnig any respect.
that's not even pocket change for NASA... it's like the lint clinging to pocket change.
NASA employed an army of some 35,000 people to operate the space shuttle. Assuming each worker was paid $60,000 average, and another $40,000 in health benefits, pension, etc (i'm being WAAY conservative here), that amounts to...... well I donno maths but its in the umpteen billions. No wonder Burt Rutan called NASA "a job program, first and foremost".
Contrast that with SpaceX, which employs a few hundred people to run their Falcon program. Now you see why they can do things so much cheaper.
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what is a "The Gods Must be Crazy" landing?
as long as they can restrain themselves from releasing a new major version every 2 weeks like firefox
So why should astronauts be pilots at all?
This question has been thoroughly discussed and answered in The Right Stuff. I recommend the movie over the book.... even though the book is much more informative and in-depth (obviously), the movie is more fun.
"bend over Julian"
said Bubbaheim
ANONYMOUS: we are basement-dwelling computer nerds who will attack you by hacking your web server and posting your info on the net!
DRUG CARTELS: we will kill you with AK-47s and cut your head off with a machete.
Any guesses to who would win?
on the same scale as this:
no, anything is possible. I mean, sure in this case the satellites were being used for innocuous purposes (weather observation), but suppose they were being used to spy on someone prior to assasination, or something like that. Would it be unethical to hack into a satellite to prevent an evil act from taking place?
no DC-3 ??
Why Nokia is the pinnacle of human achievement, while the iPhone is a piece of shit
not only that, Mitsubishi was also responsible for hiding the defective fuel tank of its A6M aircraft from the American public. It was only discovered after examining the wreckage of the plane that went down in the Aleutian islands that we finally learned the truth: that it was unarmored, non-self-sealing, and prone to exploding when hit by gunfire. Mitsubishi never owned up to it, nor take the necessary steps to remedy the problem.
not to mention, Jobs was only able to take total control because Apple was very close to death.
If Scully and the other bean counters didn't screw up as much as they did - and Apple was still a somewhat decent and profitable company - there's no way Job's would've been invited back, let alone go nuts the way he did.
she'll end up at HP too if she turns out to be mediocre...
I'm for small government and as much a libertarian as anyone here, but this is one of those times where the government needs to step in and put some regulation in place.
We need something similar to the do-not-call-list thingie they did a few years ago for telephone numbers, where you opt yourself in and you don't get hounded at home from telemarketers.
WVB: "it vill go up like a cannonball, und come down like a... cannonball, vid a parachute to spare ze life of the speceeman inside"
LBJ: "Spaceman?"
WVB: "Spe-ci-men!"
LBJ: "Well what kind of a spe-ci-men?"
WVB: "A tough one. Responsive to orders... I had in mind a jimp."
LBJ: "A Jimp? What in the hell is a jimp??"
WVB: "Jimp... a jimpanzee, senator!"
WikiLeaks would need $3.5 mln over the next 12 months to maintain its current levels of operations, he said.
Either they've signed up for the world's most expensive hosting plan, or Assange and his friends are running up quite a nightclub tab.
I live in upstate NY and don't want to travel super far
Well, it's good that you want to have a life with friends and family in NY. However, if you want to be a rocket engineer for new space firms, you're gonna have to go west eventually.
There are boatloads of aerospace companies here in southern California, including SpaceX and Scaled and Lockheed.
You could write them (Elon, Burt, Bezos) a letter now, explain your dream about being an engineer in the coming age of commercial spaceflight, and asking advice on where to study, what to study, and summer internship opportunities. And get an internship as soon as you can and start being around engineers and talking to them. Knowing people and human networking is worth ten times a fancy degree from an ivy league school.
i havent seen the video and i don't plan to, but I did read a number of written articles by him from simply being on Slashdot.
He just seems really full of himself, like he's trying his damn hardest to convince you of his importance. Which is funny because I (along with most of society) had never heard of him before.
proponent of the power of state, and believes that more of it, the better. He is a proponent of command economy, as evidenced by his goverment allocating economic resources according to ideology, rather than market realities.
How else to explain giving government money to these firms?
plus general products hull
but then the Germans can sue Lucas for infringing on their trademark, Stormtrooper
no... *looks at the floor*
they're miffed that their airship hangers - which were orders of magnitude bigger than this and could withstand 100mph hurricane winds - aren't gettnig any respect.
that's not even pocket change for NASA... it's like the lint clinging to pocket change.
NASA employed an army of some 35,000 people to operate the space shuttle. Assuming each worker was paid $60,000 average, and another $40,000 in health benefits, pension, etc (i'm being WAAY conservative here), that amounts to...... well I donno maths but its in the umpteen billions. No wonder Burt Rutan called NASA "a job program, first and foremost".
Contrast that with SpaceX, which employs a few hundred people to run their Falcon program. Now you see why they can do things so much cheaper.
wtf
are you sure it wasn't Somalia?