P.S. Please take California with you.

We've got trees in our backyard that are older than your country as well. Actually, they're older than every country still around today.

Bristlecone Pines

It's safe because we are that good. Let me give you a little perspective on what it takes to get into a fighter cockpit these days. I'll keep it simple and give you my own personal story of getting there. My ROTC class started with 80. Of that, only 15 graduated and became officers in the Air Force (19%). Of those 15, 4 of us received pilot slots (26%). At initial flight screening, 16/20 graduated and were able to go to Undergraduate Pilot Training (80%). At pilot training, 11/14 students in my flight made it through primary training (79%). 1 of those 11, me, was selected for T-38s (Fighter/Bomber track) (9%). And in my T-38 class of 6 people, we might see 2 fighters (more likely 1) (17%).

So through my own personal path, 5/1000 people who try, will make it into a fighter cockpit.

That's how good you have to be.

You want to talk about logic? Try using some yourself some time. Fallacy #1: Taliban kills civilians on purpose. US/NATO does everything it can to avoid civilian casualties, but they are an unfortunate side effect of war (war started by the Taliban I might add). Fallacy #2: Attacking the speaker and not the argument itself.

It's funny that you mention music. I remember when I was learning to play piano as a little kid, I always practice the music (even if it had multiple melodies) as one piece. I never thought of it as two separate songs going on at once. I had to relearn that same process of learning music as one piece when I started playing guitar while singing at the same time. I'm also a pilot for the Air Force, a job that requires an incredible amount of multitasking. The key there is to keep everything in your mind organized and accomplish tasks in logical sequence. After a while, you also begin to develop "muscle-memory" which allows you to pile on more tasks.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSHHHHH Man... that joke flew a mile over your head.

*siiiiigh*

It seems your wish has been granted.

That debate is over the weaponization of space not the militarization. The military has been operating equipment in space (i.e. GPS satellites) for decades.

In aviation, a service ceiling is typically defined by the altitude that the aircraft can no longer sustain a 100 fpm climb. The only "aircraft" that don't have a service ceiling are those that go into orbit.

That's what the button should be shaped like.

I can't say I'm surprised, but I am DEEPLY disturbed.

Yeah, but your "ground launched model rockets" are just dumb rockets that go where ever they're pointed. It takes a hell of a lot more than just a rocket motor and some explosives to make a weapon that will kill effectively.

Cave paintings or it didn't happen.

uhhh meant to write "word" not "would." Damn waking up so early.