NASA isn't getting people into orbit right now. Except for one shuttle mission, which wasn't exactly a worry-free ride, they haven't got anyone into orbit since Columbia. And the aerospace startups won't be startups forever.
let's get private enterprise into the space race. Granted, Virgin Galactic are already there, but here's a revolutionary plan: scrap NASA and the federal space agnecy. Fulfill the obligations to the ISS and other programs, and then direct NASA's budget to federal subsidies for private enterprise. There must be thousands of businesses that want room on zero-gravity flights or orbital labs, and thousands of tourists who'd be willing to pay for an orbit round the earth.
A subsidy to get things kick-started may be just what's needed.
It may not be exactly "the right time and place", but as long as it isn't diverting skills and resources away from more critical, lifesaving activities, surely it can't hurt to have such things available?
It might be the case, but the Hulk in the screenshots looks suspiciously like the movie version. That, and the first paragraph of the review mentiones the movie three times...
I'd imagine that viruses need a critical mass of available computers and clueless uers to spread: too few, and it'll just peter out. Although some Mac users might "flock" together and have each other in their address books, surely there just aren't enough Macs for something like this to be worth the virus writer's time?
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NASA isn't getting people into orbit right now. Except for one shuttle mission, which wasn't exactly a worry-free ride, they haven't got anyone into orbit since Columbia. And the aerospace startups won't be startups forever.
let's get private enterprise into the space race. Granted, Virgin Galactic are already there, but here's a revolutionary plan: scrap NASA and the federal space agnecy. Fulfill the obligations to the ISS and other programs, and then direct NASA's budget to federal subsidies for private enterprise. There must be thousands of businesses that want room on zero-gravity flights or orbital labs, and thousands of tourists who'd be willing to pay for an orbit round the earth. A subsidy to get things kick-started may be just what's needed.
It may not be exactly "the right time and place", but as long as it isn't diverting skills and resources away from more critical, lifesaving activities, surely it can't hurt to have such things available?
It might be the case, but the Hulk in the screenshots looks suspiciously like the movie version. That, and the first paragraph of the review mentiones the movie three times...
...pity the movie came out two years ago. Still, it's less late than Duke Nukem Forever, so you can't complain too much.
I'd imagine that viruses need a critical mass of available computers and clueless uers to spread: too few, and it'll just peter out. Although some Mac users might "flock" together and have each other in their address books, surely there just aren't enough Macs for something like this to be worth the virus writer's time?