Pffft. Just keep the 3D printer here on Earth and print the core sample.

Mostly correct. Republicans voted it down because this is a lame duck Congress and everyone knows the bill was just a PR stunt. Next session the Republicans will agree on a bill that will pass both the House and the Senate (unlike this one which was DOA).

His prediction that there will be a big increase in solar installations is based on what will be happening to subsidies in the next few years (he expects a rush to install as much as possible before the programs expire). In other words, the actual cost of solar won't really reach price parity - what he's really saying is that manufacturers of small scale solar power generators might see a short lived boom in the near term.

Ahh yes, the New Economy. I'd almost forgotten about that.

Nixon was on both sides of dirty tricks. Kennedy and Johnson taught him lessons that he used later.

But in the end, either way it's financed by those who use the seeds.

The problem in countries you mention isn't buying modern seeds. The problem is that the market for agricultural products is controlled by a few well connected cartels who keep farm prices artificially low; if those farmers could sell at a fair price they would be doing fine with the larger crops.

Where do you get $100k? The average is more like $28k

, you get that back within a couple of years with a STEM degree.

It beats the alternative.

If they keep it at that level it might have a chance - generic communication related to your professional life, separate from your personal life.

That said, I don't know how any enterprise besides recruiting firms could embrace LinkedIn. It's just a big resume posting site for headhunters to mine.

Same could be said about many other things, e.g. healthcare, education, broadband...