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In the old days here, freshmeat and sourceforge, but not post-dice. Not really seeing much point in any of them now.
In the old days here, freshmeat and sourceforge, but not post-dice. Not really seeing much point in any of them now.
You know what i meant.
no thanks, i want to own my content.
"no, see, you SpaceX just proves politicians should be MORE involved...."
Excuse me, those aren't windows you're looking at, they're rockets. haha what do you propose, giving to welfare? What a joke.
if the 400 million is really the only overrun that's an astonishing record for the federal goverment
of ALL the government programs worth blowing money on, I think NASA should be one of them. It stimulates the economy with relevant tech spending, inspires our children, and sets a rocket ahead of other nations.
NASA is of the things we can look back at over the last 50 years and be immensely proud of. Proud to a NASA supporting American.
Sierra Nevada: building what nasa did 30 years ago, this is designed for cargo and people. it is strictly suborbital. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
they make a great beer though! The hops alone will send you to the moon!
It's more, then that.
FTFY and I see what you did there.
SpaceX doesn't have to build facilities in every state to appease Congress.
why don't we just send Congress to orbit??
It stimulates the economy, and our childrens' imaginations.
Small price to pay.
especially considering it's tech, one of things we excel at in America.
I'm surprised how many got this reference
Do you think the Republicans would be global warming deniers if they had gone through an event where the sun struck back at earth and nearly destroyed us?
Bro, this sort of reasoning is exactly why we have global warming deniers.
We can cut C02 emissions all we want and it's going to do nothing to stop an event like this from wiping us out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...
We've never attempted a cold start of the electric grid.
Only starting up plants to match the phase of what they're already receiving.
that said, I think we'll be fine.
Other countries, not so much.
Not hard at all. EMP does not blow up starter motors and does not blow up lead acid batteries. Hell all I have to do is connect jumper cables from the battery to the starter lugs to start the generator.
Granted that's far more difficult for the typical person that cant get past the "I pushed the button, it most be broke" thought process, but that is why most places actually hire competent employees to manage that stuff.
I'm sure all your competent employees will have no trouble rewinding the cores of every last transformer in America themselves. That takes an entire years' supply of copper.
Do we really want an Internet that, with regard to the U.S. consumer, is essentially owned and operated by Comcast/Xfinity?
Whatever Comcast's failings, I wager, you'll find the Internet owned and operated by the government far worse. I predict mandatory "child-protection" filters, for example. Also, any time you violate the service terms (which will be copied from those of commercial providers), you will be committing a crime (however small), rather than merely breaking contract. Oh, and the tech-support will not only be incompetent, but also rude — because, being government employees, they will be impossible to fire.
the more competition that can be arranged the better
A government entering a market — any market — is the end of competition in it.
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