First, there's no evidence that UN has started the cholera epidemic. No bacterial strain genotyping has been performed. Second, in such cases a cholera epidemic is more-or-less a certainty - it makes no sense to search for the index case, especially because choleric bacteria occur naturally.

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To heck with that. I would have liked to see Project Orion. That is, from a distance :-)

But it does not allow rockets to reenter the Earth's atmosphere at orbital velocities, slow down, and land.

How about the Moon and Mars? It seems to me that the fuel capacity of Dragon isn't enough to do both lunar descent and ascent just on the Super Draco thrusters and the trunk's fuel capacity.

The impressive part is that they do it with an actual rocket that is 106 feet tall, and that they have launched it 7 times with 0 failures.

Using the same engine, rather than treating the engine as a disposable object that only performs one burn in its lifetime. Most rocket engines can't be throttled, can't be shut down and then restarted in flight or otherwise.

The tricky part is going to be for any stage to have enough delta-V to return to the pad after lifting a payload to orbit. Also, as far as I can tell, this takes a drag chute for lower stages, and a re-entry shield for upper ones.

Bruce

Now say this using your real account, that can be tied to your real-life name, please.

Yes, that's a known problem in chemistry. So there's a growing movement to require an independent lab to replicate results before publishing - Reproducibility Initiative. See: http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2012/08/14/reproducing_scientific_results_on_purpose.php

This research is total crap.

First, the increase in phone usage is just 7.5% so any effects would already be marginal.

Second, they have not controlled any other factors - people might talk more, from home. Are they talking more while they are driving?

Uhm, other people in this thread mentioned (multiple times) that guns can be useful against a tyrannic government. Of course, they'd be the ones to define what "tyranny" is.

Uhm... Dry ice is already solid CO2.

No, but you're saying in effect that the use of weapons is OK to enforce minority views.

Yes, it's useless for hunting. It has very bad accuracy and can't use a large-caliber ammo. Or do you hunt dears that are tethered to a tree?

Yes. If you decide that your clique has a monopoly on the public opinion and should use weapons to enforce your view, then what stops other groups from doing it?

Why? Don't you think that a home-made infectious plague is a tool to control government? If no, then why?

I'd just discovered a way to make a plague lethal in 80% cases, using only kitchen tools and 3d printer! What a wonderful discovery! I hope everyone makes a vial of it - for self-defense, of course. Or for duck hunting.