If only it were that simple a choice. Obama has specifically spoken about delaying the Constellation program. If you're unaware, this is the successor to the aging Shuttle fleet, and the result of an additional 5 year postponement, to a project 5 years behind schedule, will be the end of manned space flight by the U.S. for a decade (or longer). This is about a lot more than going to Mars! History may well record this as the pivotal moment where America began its downward slide from world power to mediocrity. It must be humorous to be a Russian watching this with the realization the mighty U.S.A., which gloated during the fall of the U.S.S.R., will soon be incapable of reaching the ISS without buying a slot on one of their rockets.
Is no one else freaking out about Obama's position on NASA?
From USA Today: To pay for his education program, Obama would eliminate tax-deductibility of CEO pay by corporations and delay NASA's program to return to the moon and then journey to Mars.
http://www.justsaynotoobama.com/
As mentioned elsewhere, multicast is the preferable choice. While between jobs, I picked up a gig teaching IP at a local college. Most students had trouble with the concept until I would draw the individual routes on the whiteboard. The network backbone experiences virtually zero impact as additional users connect to the stream. One or 1000 on-site clients will have the same bandwidth requirement on your gateway. Note: This is not true of an on-demand scenario.
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If only it were that simple a choice. Obama has specifically spoken about delaying the Constellation program. If you're unaware, this is the successor to the aging Shuttle fleet, and the result of an additional 5 year postponement, to a project 5 years behind schedule, will be the end of manned space flight by the U.S. for a decade (or longer). This is about a lot more than going to Mars! History may well record this as the pivotal moment where America began its downward slide from world power to mediocrity. It must be humorous to be a Russian watching this with the realization the mighty U.S.A., which gloated during the fall of the U.S.S.R., will soon be incapable of reaching the ISS without buying a slot on one of their rockets.
Is no one else freaking out about Obama's position on NASA? From USA Today: To pay for his education program, Obama would eliminate tax-deductibility of CEO pay by corporations and delay NASA's program to return to the moon and then journey to Mars. http://www.justsaynotoobama.com/
As mentioned elsewhere, multicast is the preferable choice. While between jobs, I picked up a gig teaching IP at a local college. Most students had trouble with the concept until I would draw the individual routes on the whiteboard. The network backbone experiences virtually zero impact as additional users connect to the stream. One or 1000 on-site clients will have the same bandwidth requirement on your gateway. Note: This is not true of an on-demand scenario.