I agree. It seems atmospheric drag would have a far greater affect than solar winds and or light.

That actually clears some things up. Thank!

Going to the launch site to see what's up? I mean, there's a smoke trail to follow, plus I'm sure there were a few local who could point you in the right direction. Using some form of triangulation, it shouldn't be hard to pinpoint exactly where this was launched from. Then just travel to the site (or see who stops you from getting to the site) and you'll have your answer as to who did this. Or am I missing something?

Erm... The lack of competition is what makes monopolies.

I agree as well. I've read better articles on quantum computing.
It seems no one can really explain how calculations are actually performed. They talk about qubits and how they have 3 states, but no one ever goes into how the 3rd superposition is actually of any use. It's frustrating at times. I could rant on, but I wont.

I so very much wish I had learned to do this. In general I try not to acquire things I want to keep, but even so, it's becoming a burden.

This is what I want! I wish they would do something like this with my bank account too. It would be nice if it were impossible to have a negative amount of money in my account.

Don't they call those fries?

You really think a terrorist would spend a ton of resources to shoot down a plane? It would be far more effective to blow up some buses. Or go on a random shooting spree in a crowd. The big reason to protect planes against terrorist is so they can't use them as weapons. A shot down plane doesn't make a good weapon. This whole thing is just lame.

I was wondering the same thing. Is there anyone who can break this down for us?

I would use the candid camera defense. The idea is, this lawsuit is so ridiculous we must be on candid camera. Everyone involved would break out laughing saying "Oh, I get it!" and "OK, where are the cameras?" Then everyone on our side would proceed to believe it was a joke and not take anything Rupert's lawyers say seriously, etc.

Then again, there's probably a good reason I'm not a lawyer.

Not everyone receives a W-2. Also, there's income from other sources, interest, stocks, dividends, tips, etc. But I do agree it could be a lot simpler.

I have mixed feeling about letting people vote on individual projects, people don't always vote for what's best. Voting on the "lofty goal" however might be an idea.

This however:

I would support 100%. Other than hashing out the details I can't really think of anything to say to this except "I agree".

I have no idea. I've been wondering this myself.

It seems as though our politicians keep changing things. I'm not really sure how I would feel as a NASA employee, or what to work on. Obama says, "Screw the moon, I'm setting up a 20 year project to go to Mars." A few years down the line the next president will say, "Screw Mars, I'm setting up a 20 year project to go to the moon." Meanwhile congress flip flops back and forth on all kinds of things.

We ought to just pick a few projects and STICK TO THEM!

So, if you tattoo equations on your arm, would it be considered cheating on a physics test? On one hand, you aren't memorizing the equations, on the other hand, they will always be with you, which is a lot like memorization. Even better some might say.