He can't. He does this rant every time. I think he claimed TMI killed 10s of thousands as well at one time. He is the same on all the topics he posts on. And knows that citations are not required because "everyone who is not stupid, knows".
You Never post citations. Ever, about anything you claim. You just think its "right" and "true". There is a reason for that. You are full of Truthiness, and little else.
Was driving four wheeler around the farm as soon as i could reach the gear peddle. Had a soldering iron i used unsupervised from 7. Did my first weld about the same age and was allowed to use the workshop about that age as well. Been hunting on the farm with.22 since i was 13, mostly because we just didn't have a rifle till then.
Seriously we are so overprotective that we don't let kids grow up until they leave home. Your job as a parent is not to protect mostly. But to prepare. You simply can't protect them, and not from the worst threat they face, themselves.
Which doesn't make it the magnet manufactures fault. Its plain stupid to think otherwise. I mean bullets are pretty small as well. What happens when kids swallow those?
Its not fair comparison, because you can fly long distance fairly quick for cheap. Supersonic transport competes with subsonic ones and there are a bunch of physics reason why you always use more fuel for supersonic. But what does a orbital craft compete with?
See my other posts on similar topics. TL;DR or otherwise couldn't be bothered reading my history. I agree with you.
However I think in time tech will make it cheap enough and there is enough people that are thrill seekers or whatever, that there is a viable industry there.
I am starting regular skydiving next year with the goal of wingsuit flying about 2-3 years later.
I use it as an example because it was and still is a mix of private companies with quite a lot of government support. Even now airports are not possible without substantial government support at least locally, for example.
Nothing NASA does is or ever will be routine. If you want a small set of "elite" astronauts to trailblaze space for ridiculous costs. NASA is the way to go. But they are never ever going to bring or make it in anyway more accessible to anyone else. For an example, see the Apollo missions or the space shuttle program. Compare that to international airline travel.
This is the irony of it all. The space buffs will never get what they want from NASA. Its the worst possible to way to "get humanity into space". Something closer to what happened in the airline industry is what you want. Its not what i would call 100% private, far from it. But its about the right mix to get the job done, and done for the masses.
Well we strongly suspect that 1/2 lives are on the order less than a second. Even with longer 1/2 life it will not revolutionize chemistry since your never going to have more than a nanogram or something and its radioactive and its properties are not all that different from other actinides.
The real catch is that there is hardly any 3He up there at all. Its between 1ppb and 50ppb. Thats parts per billion. It will always be easier to just make 3He from DD fusion and deal with the neutrons... that could make even more 3He.
So even if we could make a 3He fusion reactor, which we can't and its about 1000x harder than DT one, it still would not be mined. Its a desperate reason to go to the moon because people can't come up with a better reason.
People have been saying that for a long time. Teleworking doesn't work. And even if it did many people will still want to meet up in Real Life, even if its just for a pint at the local.
Don't know about you, but i have so many things i want to do that i could easily fill up 10 lifetimes worth of things that are not "work" or a job. Of course i love my job too and would do a lot of the same things i get paid for now.
This idea that someone else getting something somehow marginalizes your position in life is lame.
Insurance Companies already provide insurance for satellites, from launch problems to in orbit mechanics. The have made a business out of quantifying what others won't. Life (or your death) has a well established "cost" or price. Ask any airline insurance company.
To fly to NZ from here is about 1600EUR for coach, about 3000 for 2nd class and upwards of 6000 for first class. I have seen 1st class tickets for over 10k. I weight 90kg, so at $100 per kg it compares well to what some people are prepared to pay to fly.
I think the $100 per kg could well be the threshold level.
"If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong."
"New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!"
-- A C Clark.
I will go a step further. Space *won't* be done by nasa, at lest for the masses. But will be done by private industry when technology makes it cheap and safe enough to so. Of course by private i mean at the airline industry version of private and non government. Which can be disputed as being not really being a "private industry".
Raised apart? So adopted then, from the same adoption clinic by people from the same social and economic backgrounds etc. The same can be said if the raised separately but one was with the mother/father. They tend to live in the same area, or have the same economic status etc. On top of all that the sample sizes are very small.
Of course this also leaves out the fact that IQ is pretty meaningless and has a long list of criticism right down to the basic level.
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He can't. He does this rant every time. I think he claimed TMI killed 10s of thousands as well at one time. He is the same on all the topics he posts on. And knows that citations are not required because "everyone who is not stupid, knows".
You Never post citations. Ever, about anything you claim. You just think its "right" and "true". There is a reason for that. You are full of Truthiness, and little else.
Was driving four wheeler around the farm as soon as i could reach the gear peddle. Had a soldering iron i used unsupervised from 7. Did my first weld about the same age and was allowed to use the workshop about that age as well. Been hunting on the farm with .22 since i was 13, mostly because we just didn't have a rifle till then.
Seriously we are so overprotective that we don't let kids grow up until they leave home. Your job as a parent is not to protect mostly. But to prepare. You simply can't protect them, and not from the worst threat they face, themselves.
Which doesn't make it the magnet manufactures fault. Its plain stupid to think otherwise. I mean bullets are pretty small as well. What happens when kids swallow those?
Its not fair comparison, because you can fly long distance fairly quick for cheap. Supersonic transport competes with subsonic ones and there are a bunch of physics reason why you always use more fuel for supersonic. But what does a orbital craft compete with?
See my other posts on similar topics. TL;DR or otherwise couldn't be bothered reading my history. I agree with you.
However I think in time tech will make it cheap enough and there is enough people that are thrill seekers or whatever, that there is a viable industry there.
I am starting regular skydiving next year with the goal of wingsuit flying about 2-3 years later.
I use it as an example because it was and still is a mix of private companies with quite a lot of government support. Even now airports are not possible without substantial government support at least locally, for example.
He said its impossible for private industry to do it. He is most probably wrong.
Nothing NASA does is or ever will be routine. If you want a small set of "elite" astronauts to trailblaze space for ridiculous costs. NASA is the way to go. But they are never ever going to bring or make it in anyway more accessible to anyone else. For an example, see the Apollo missions or the space shuttle program. Compare that to international airline travel.
This is the irony of it all. The space buffs will never get what they want from NASA. Its the worst possible to way to "get humanity into space". Something closer to what happened in the airline industry is what you want. Its not what i would call 100% private, far from it. But its about the right mix to get the job done, and done for the masses.
Well we strongly suspect that 1/2 lives are on the order less than a second. Even with longer 1/2 life it will not revolutionize chemistry since your never going to have more than a nanogram or something and its radioactive and its properties are not all that different from other actinides.
The real catch is that there is hardly any 3He up there at all. Its between 1ppb and 50ppb. Thats parts per billion. It will always be easier to just make 3He from DD fusion and deal with the neutrons... that could make even more 3He.
So even if we could make a 3He fusion reactor, which we can't and its about 1000x harder than DT one, it still would not be mined. Its a desperate reason to go to the moon because people can't come up with a better reason.
Do you really think you can take a relatively unskilled job worker and magically train them for a higher skilled job..
Its called education. Not magic. And we are seeing quite a shift in education right now from ubiquitous internet access.
People have been saying that for a long time. Teleworking doesn't work. And even if it did many people will still want to meet up in Real Life, even if its just for a pint at the local.
Don't know about you, but i have so many things i want to do that i could easily fill up 10 lifetimes worth of things that are not "work" or a job. Of course i love my job too and would do a lot of the same things i get paid for now.
This idea that someone else getting something somehow marginalizes your position in life is lame.
Even the not-so-bright need something to do.
Why must that be "Work".
what new careers do you foresee, that current professional drivers would qualify for?
In other news professional horse drawn cart riders have a hard time finding jobs too. Oh and lets not forget buggy whip manufactures.....
I get the same effect with alcohol.
Insurance Companies already provide insurance for satellites, from launch problems to in orbit mechanics. The have made a business out of quantifying what others won't. Life (or your death) has a well established "cost" or price. Ask any airline insurance company.
To fly to NZ from here is about 1600EUR for coach, about 3000 for 2nd class and upwards of 6000 for first class. I have seen 1st class tickets for over 10k. I weight 90kg, so at $100 per kg it compares well to what some people are prepared to pay to fly.
I think the $100 per kg could well be the threshold level.
"If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong."
"New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!"
-- A C Clark.
I will go a step further. Space *won't* be done by nasa, at lest for the masses. But will be done by private industry when technology makes it cheap and safe enough to so. Of course by private i mean at the airline industry version of private and non government. Which can be disputed as being not really being a "private industry".
I have wood for sheep.
Lawyers are not programmers. Judges are not programmers. They don't care what programmers think, even the ones with just 2 brain cells.
Raised apart? So adopted then, from the same adoption clinic by people from the same social and economic backgrounds etc. The same can be said if the raised separately but one was with the mother/father. They tend to live in the same area, or have the same economic status etc. On top of all that the sample sizes are very small.
Of course this also leaves out the fact that IQ is pretty meaningless and has a long list of criticism right down to the basic level.
I share a lab with a few french people and they even make fun of the french. And also the Swiss. They Swiss are easy to make fun of too.
I currently live in Switzerland. Its nice but with one major drawback. Its full of swiss people.