Who says ISS is better adapted to performing on-orbit construction better than something newer built for the purpose and without the political circus that comes with ISS? You?
If, as hoped, Space-X brings it's MCT online with as few problems as the Falcon 9 has had, ISS's assemblage of bite-sized modules is going to look old real quick.
The difference here being that I wasn't the one making stupid biased public comments. As for more and more and more and more government spending being "good", well let's just say that living in France under socialists has given me another perspective, one where private enterprise goes down the tubes until unemployment goes through the roof. Your nirvana, I'm sure...
It's simpler than that. After 14 successful launches (just 2 more) Space-X is automatically certified. The forces attempting to turn Space-x into a ULA clone were betting on a launch failure or two to slow Space-X down and justify that their way was the only path to space. Space-X's pushback on the changes mean that they are extremely likely to become certified without the burocracy. These changes are just the retrograde elements changing sides before that happens In an attempt to stay relevent.
No. See yesterday's story linked in the summary. The AF is finally waking up and discovering that they do not need to try and turn Space-X into a clone of ULA to certify them. That Space-X would be automatically certified after 14 successful flights (2 more to go) has absolutely nothing to do with anyone realizing that the requested changes were as necessary as some (like you) pretend.
Snort. Because the democrats who dominated congress up to now have done sooo well at eliminating graft & pork. Hell, we can barely remember what those are thanks to the wonderful dems taking care of all that is wrong in the world and sprinkling fairy dust in our morning cereal...
Find a new axe to grind, your old one is worn out.
You're been relativizing the risks, in particular painting bathtubs as a greater danger than ISIS or ebola because that is how you perceive risks to yourself in your protected bubble. You're don neckbeard the ignorant, pompously opining on subjects like danger to the public when you have no idea what real danger is & refuse to educate yourself.
Good point on Malaria, but again, you need to tell it to people in western africa dying of ebola & people in Iraq dying in conflict with ISIS, etc where bathtubs are not the threat you make them out to be.
Your opining from the comfort of your protected bubble shows the lack of empathy that some personal experience with danger would correct.
You're the tireless freedom fighter putting his life on the line to protect us all? Yeah sure, I can see how plausible that could be to someone as self delusional as don neckbeard.
You stay in your protected society protected from almost all of the really bad things in the world & continue to tell everybody else how bad you have it & how remote any real danger is.
If only you would leave your protected bubble and spend time in western Africa or Northern Iraq you would discover how wrong you are. No chance of that huh? So much easier to continue your puerile whining.
You warm yourself around that pilot light you call the community that will unite & overthrow all the "spooks" as you put it elsewhere. I'll note that even with a president elected on a platform to supposedly roll back everything you denounce came to precisely nothing.
With Isis, Putin, Ebola, etc in the world, you think that _this_ is "one of if not the closent things to a dragon in the world", then talk in the next sentence about "species survival"?!?! Talk about self delusion, you _ARE_ don Neckbeard. Remember this moment don Neckbeard if you are lucky enough to live another few decades and think about how wrong you were to predict the disparition of your so called useless "spooks".
I suggested that you make the attempt, assuming that you would do so using the simplest method: Holding your breath. After multiple attempts & achieving nothing I'd hoped that your oxygen deprived mind would come to the realization that tilting at windmills is futile. It was a forlorn hope Don Neckbeard...
No, Candide, these practices are NOT new, nor are they in any way different from the espionage nations & kingdoms & city-states have been engaging in since mankind began to write on papyrus & clay tablets.
I see that you are a connect the dots deficient person. No surprise there given your kindergarten playground level of reasoning.
No, your just being extremely shitty at explaining your point.
Among all the people who read my comment, you're the only person unable to connect the dots, yet I'm the one with problems. Suuure...
Obama's speeches pre-election were completely in line with what you parroted above. His speeches and above all actions since then have done a complete 180. The difference between Obama pre-election & Obama post-election is that he was made aware of many things that he ignored and discounted the danger of.
I understand this completely. I did not vote for the man either times. I niether said nor implied I did. I see someone is connecting dots that don't exist.
You adopt the Obama's past platform without taking the effort to understand why he changed nor why you think he was wrong to do so. Your only justification being some childish sense of outrage.
Given that you are continuing to parrot the old, ignorant Obama, I had assumed that it was because you felt that you were more intelligent than he is. I see now that you are just a poor ideological parrot incapable of learning from others.
A politician goes back on his word and now is being described as a flash of insight? sweet shit. Did you graduate kingergarten?
This is an example of your Intellect? No attempt at justifying why your current platform has been disavowed by the man elected president upon it years ago, just trite remarks? My latest flash of insight is that you never graduated kindergarten & are jealous of those who have. Would you like to borrow a crayon to help you express yourself? Need help peeling the paper off?
What? Publicly stating on
What the gods would destroy they first submit to an IEEE standards committee.
