Yeah, got to just love the spell checkers on android.
That IS pretty damn funny.

F9 had a partial failure that was caused because of NASA's requirement that the engines be turned off at a certain altitude.
The Orbcom was basically a test satellite and was not to go into production. So even though the sat did not go into full orbit, it was considered at worst a partial failure. However, Orbcom did not consider it a failure. and that was the ONLY one that could be considered a partial failure.

Now, why would Musk compare to the Ariane 5 ECA alone? That vehicle is used to go to GTO, rather than LEO.

Finally, I think that there is a REAL reason why SpaceX is winning massive numbers of flights, while Airbus has decided to stop publishing their launch schedule. Basically, they are pretty wide open, other than for European flights, or those that were schedule prior to last year.

Ariane 5 has 73 successful out of 77. F9 is 13 out of 13. By end of next year, spacex is expected to be over 30 launches.

That is because the Boeing deal was better within the definition of the contract.

So instead, the French should run their companies like GE, McDonald Douglas, chrysler, Boeing, HP, dell, Compaq, sun, etc?

Exactly right.

Next year, if spacex continues their launch increase, they will be the leaders. And considering that spacex will be able to cut their prices in half while doubling number of launches, it appears that nobody will catch up for some time.

Actually no. If you look at same time periods, america has a much better record than Europe. However, you are right that over the last 10 years, Europe has had more private launches. But spacex has been 100% successful with the 13 f9, and is on track to do more than 15 launches next year.

so u can pretend that spacex is not a threat, but the launch world sees it correctly for what it is. More so, come next week.

Charter schools are NOT seperate but equal. The ONLY ones going to those schools would be where parents choose it. In addition, those schools would get the same funding / child that others get. Why is that so bad to send these kids to their own school? How is this any different than my choosing to send my child to a STEM charter school, which we did? It is not ANY different.

And as to the risk, that is a choice that parents make all the time. If they are choosing to not have vaccines, than that is a CHOICE.If they object to the risk, then they need to vaccinate their child and put them in the regular school. What is so hard to understand about that?

There are plenty of quality AC posts. However, there is no reason why ANY of these posts can not be associated with a login.

There is a REAL reason why more and more Docs are refusing to see kids that are not vaccinated. Basically, they are making it hard on parents who are immature and are not good parents. And yes, anybody that is NOT vaccinating their kids without medical reason, is a piss poor parent.

uh no. You are right that herd immunity would be lost in the charter school. BUT, herd immunity requires about 95-98% immunity. Those who have medical reasons to not take vaccines are about 1-2%. That leaves only 1-2% to play with. Sadly, the amount of ppl that have gone off the deep end is INSANE and therefore we only have less than 90% immune. So, it is not fair to those that have medical issues or those that took the vaccines, but it did not take, to mix in those who CHOOSE to not take vaccines.

If you want your child to have that herd immunity, then they should be taking the vaccine. To insist that your chlid NOT take vaccines because you do not think that they work, or that they will impact your child, or that you have religious reasons, and then want to expose others is just beyond belief and shows that YOU are the one wanting to punish others.

By offering up an alternative of a separate school for those that choose to not vaccinate, it allows ppl to make clear choices.

and what is wrong with sending the small minority of ppl that CHOOSE to not vaccinate to their own charter school? They get the same money / student that others get. The parents get to have more input on the school. For many, if not most, they will want the ability to hold bible study after school. In this way, it can be done.

Considering that the vast majority of kids are vaccinated, it makes far more sense to send those that choose to not vaccinate to their own school.

there is a part of me that thinks that we should skip AC.