I do not believe that the war debt was being recognized in those numbers either

Yes, it has a lot to do with how the money is spent
At a purely surface level, Hawaii is largely Dem and North Carolina is largely Rep
It has a lot to do with quality of life, particularly for the people who live around military bases

Political issues in Manilla had a lot to do with abandoning Subic Bay. Locals clashed with bused-in supporters because they did not want to lose the money from the base. Those issues have been largely overwhelmed by fear about China these days

The Philippines is a vast, diverse country that does not make an easy one-for-one comparison with Hawaii.
I believe that is is easier to compare the entirety of Hawaii to Subic Bay's local province of Zambales than it is to compare Hawaii to the entire Philippines

While I agree that China is forcing US and their allies to support a larger military in the region, I would also state that the localized benefit to Subic Bay or the Hawaiian islands matters most to the people who live close to the bases

I suppose that opinion matters if you are talking to people in Manilla, Palawan or Subic Bay as to what they think the primary benefit is

Chinese encroachment is the primary reason, same with Vietnam, for local governments to welcome a US presence, but localized economic improvement is a benefit for the people who are local to wherever the US decides to drop anchor

I would suggest that Hawaii's strategic place in the Pacific has lead to a considerable influx of military money, military personnel and associated increase in the economy related to it

The Philippines, which had demanded that the US Navy abandon Subic Bay in the 90's, is welcoming the of the US Navy's return with open arms because of the boost to the economy
http://www.stripes.com/news/us...

Sure, it is nice to harbor old-timey notions and traditions, but be careful that they do not have long term downsides

FTA
"We’re already designing New Shepard’s sibling, her Very Big Brother – an orbital launch vehicle that is many times New Shepard’s size and is powered by our 550,000-lbf thrust liquefied natural gas, liquid oxygen BE-4 engine."

So, this is a technological stepping stone to an orbital vehicle

Nice

Thank you

Thanks, the vid was a little underwhelming,
A total of 10 images, each lasting ten seconds with a pan/scan added that tries to make it look like it's moving faster than that, but that blows the frame of referene from image to image so you can't see how the light and dark areas as moving
I was hoping for a few thousand images built into a video at 30 frames a seconds for the full 60's psychedelic rock show experience
Yeah, yeah, I wanted too much for my simple amusement :/

Does anybody have a link to the video that they mention in the article?

Just watched the video from the linked story
There may have been a couple of applications running on windows to view the data, but the bulk of the screens that the controllers were staring at looked distinctly like x-windows
I have to wonder how much they pay for those big square flat screens

PL/SQL is a descendant of Ada. As a result I was involved in code review of a bunch of orbital mechanics code for y2k

Sometimes its pascal-iness makes it seem like you are reading pseudo code

Tell them it is written in ADA _then_ they will think that it is a joke

Not superior, but integrated into, enjoy

http://www.libertylawsite.org/...

Japanese version would cost you twice as much these days, keep moving west

Yes, having large families is a strategy for providing elder care when the parents are uncertain if their progeny will survive to adulthood