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So, it is official RL June 6, 2025 5:39 pm (Space/Science)

"Remember, what the dormouse said, ER June 5, 2025 4:14 pm (Space/Science)

"Make my day" BuckGalaxy June 5, 2025 1:08 pm (CurrentEvents)

NSIDC Data drop ER June 4, 2025 9:34 pm (Space/Science)

Boulder will be in your news soon. podrock June 1, 2025 3:14 pm (CurrentEvents)

It's over folks RL June 1, 2025 12:38 pm (Space/Science)

Administration solves things the old fashion way BuckGalaxy June 1, 2025 11:01 am (Flame)

Issacman out as NASA Admin BuckGalaxy May 31, 2025 9:40 pm (Space/Science)

Lie, cheat and disable mechanisms... BuckGalaxy May 31, 2025 8:04 pm (Space/Science)

Big beautiful wall RobVG May 31, 2025 11:50 am (Flame)

2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit May 28 and 29 BuckGalaxy May 28, 2025 2:52 pm (Space/Science)

C'mon a little closer gonna do it to you BuckGalaxy May 27, 2025 9:46 pm (Off-Topic)

North Korea parade missiles fake? by TB April 26, 2012 12:11 pm

They might very well be fakes, but that proves nothing, one way or the other. Fake missiles are used to ... by ER 2012-04-26 12:48:12
- PS. A close look at the launch/transport vehicles tells you a lot about a potential enemy's capabilities. How ... by ER 2012-04-26 12:59:44
  - Interesting. I wish I'd known that, I would have watched the May Day parades in the Kremlin with different ... by bowser 2012-04-26 14:53:19
  - Good info. Thanks! by TB 2012-04-26 14:24:03
Might be. Might well be. There's an ironic aspect to it, though. If at the moment the drums were ... by bowser 2012-04-26 12:27:37

Both Sides Now by ER April 25, 2012 7:42 pm

Water is so more efficient than air in transferring heat that very small changes in sea temperature could have profound ... by bowser 2012-04-26 12:14:33
- When water gets warm, it evaporates, and water vapor is even more efficient a greenhouse gas than CO2. The ... by ER 2012-04-26 13:37:44

Service to the Community by ER April 25, 2012 8:27 am

Why don't you invite him to the Zone? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:16:43
Fun. Great post, well written, interesting. by bowser 2012-04-25 16:23:34

What do you think; is this true? by johannes April 25, 2012 6:52 pm

I call bullshit on that story, and whoever wrote it by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:12:46

Question of the day! by Vitruvius April 25, 2012 3:07 pm

More on Prof. Deudney here. by TB 2012-04-25 15:43:29
- from your link... "So, once and for all -- what is a negarchy?" "...We didn't have a term that's abstract like ... by ER 2012-04-25 16:14:44
  - The guy does seem like a patriotic nutjob, but it's not his views I'm concerned with. Though his introduction ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 17:56:29
    - Well, according to Deudney... by TB 2012-04-25 18:20:42
      - Useful hint: I wouldn't spend the money if I were you. by TB 2012-04-25 18:43:09
        
        Silly TB.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 19:31:52
    - I think I get what he said. And its not particularly outrageous. The rule may be of their own ... by ER 2012-04-25 18:12:34
I think that's the best we can hope for; a stable condition due to the exact balance of opposing ... by ER 2012-04-25 15:34:22

Does anyone have big ears? by bowser April 25, 2012 2:30 pm

I looked it up on Google Earth. Miles and miles of mountains. Frankly, I'm surprised the road is ... by TB 2012-04-25 16:51:48

Define insanity by Jody April 21, 2012 4:12 pm

We are all insane. And I'm not just making a rhetorical point, either. We all do stupid things we ... by ER 2012-04-22 08:30:02
- Don't confuse "irrational" with "insane." by TB 2012-04-22 11:04:47
  - In science, honest error is not generally the result of ignoring data, or manufacturing it. It comes from weighing ... by ER 2012-04-22 11:48:37
- Awesome ER!! by Jody 2012-04-22 08:43:27
Define anything that isn't. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-21 19:14:26
- Technically, yes. by TB 2012-04-21 19:36:24
  - Haven't read the book yet - could you describe it to me? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 09:52:39
    - I haven't read most of it either. Just excerpts on specific things I was interested in, and analytical articles. by TB 2012-04-25 10:58:48
      - Utopia does reek of totalitarianism, but I think we should read the Republic before judging it. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 15:17:26
When what's inside your head and what's outside are not compatible. by TB 2012-04-21 17:18:30
- "When it interferes with normal functions, or other people’s lives, it starts to become a problem." by ER 2012-04-22 08:35:25
For people like me it's drinking and/or using drugs. There can be more, and I could be insane without ... by bowser 2012-04-21 16:33:43

Well, jeepers. by TB April 24, 2012 7:38 pm

boot !== OS by Robert 2012-04-24 23:42:15
- Oh, I know how it works, and I know what the problem was. by TB 2012-04-25 09:41:38

But what have you done for me lately? by ER April 25, 2012 9:04 am

Russia's Million Dollar Hackers. by Jody April 25, 2012 7:38 am

In times of liberal dominance... by FrankC April 23, 2012 3:44 pm

No more Mr Nice Guy by ER 2012-04-24 13:42:31
- Fifty bucks says that guys a liberal. by TB 2012-04-24 15:41:47
  - Yeah, he's one of them country club liberals. Boodles, shaken, not stirred. by ER 2012-04-24 16:32:02
  - Afraid so. If he were drinking wine out of a box he'd be an NRA Conservative. by bowser 2012-04-24 16:10:16
    - Only if he was holding the box over his head and letting it pour into his mouth. by TB 2012-04-24 16:37:23
I'm wondering how "liberal dominance" would be measured. It just doesn't seem that way to me, but I don't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:43:40
- Control of the executive and legislative. This is assuming that we consider democrats as usually liberal and republicans not usually ... by FrankC 2012-04-23 21:03:49
- They're the ones who wear leather that isn't necessary for doing a job. by TB 2012-04-23 20:50:02
I think this time the cigar is just a cigar. by TB 2012-04-23 16:04:38

Private asteroid mining? by TB April 19, 2012 3:28 pm

More information now at the Planetary Resources website. by TB 2012-04-24 14:21:03
My guess is that it has to with extraterrestrial energy resources, not rocks. by podrock 2012-04-19 21:30:15
- Orbiting power satellites might be a good bet. I did a lot of work on this concept years ago, too. ... by TB 2012-04-20 20:59:17
In slightly related news, Scaled Composites (SpaceShip Two, Stratolaunch) is hiring. Sigh...to be twenty again. by TB 2012-04-19 19:50:52
I wonder what minerals they expect to find that will make it economically worthwhile to recover and bring back. ... by ER 2012-04-19 16:49:13
- Look at my old "asteroid mining" article. The prices are obsolete (I may update this someday), but the analysis is basically ... by TB 2012-04-19 19:09:42
  - Your figures are impressive, but you haven't really calculated the total cost per kilo of finding and then moving finished ... by ER 2012-04-19 20:35:40
    - There are already answers to many of these questions. by TB 2012-04-20 20:49:41
      - Perhaps your optimism is fueled by your enthusiasm? Or should I say wishful thinking? There is a vast gulf ... by ER 2012-04-21 07:34:45
        
        I won't deny I am enthusiastic, or even a wishful thinker. by TB 2012-04-21 11:10:20
        
        Believe me, if they could do it, I'd go to work for them if they'd have me. I'd even ... by ER 2012-04-21 14:08:03
- I remember when it was thought that conditions in LEO, particularly zero-G, would allow many industrial processes not possible on ... by ER 2012-04-19 17:17:29

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