History, Politics And Current Affairs

Both? When I quote an article, in whole or in part, I will usually post a link so folks can verify or read the rest.

Paul

She could be right. Xi's days may be numbered. I'm not sure how much change that would bring about in China. Short of a grass roots revolution they are trading one commie for another. Her talks on the actual population of China are interesting, too. 400 million seems a bit low, and she's relying hea...

Aah. My bad, sorry.

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They are all blanks for me.
Except the last which appears to redirect to some sort of ad site.

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According to Wikipedia he was born in June of 1953, so not that old.




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She seems to think that Xi is hanging on by a thread with respect to his control of the military. I'm not sure how much of that I believe. Could be Xi is trying to weed out the marginal loyalists by getting them to act prematurely.

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How to horsewhip the rest of the industry so they get the lead out of their ass and shift back to pushing boundaries instead of collecting checks for mid to shit? There's the question now, isn't it? It's the bane of all government procurement. From education to the DOD. I'm not sure what the answer...

Another question is, just what plans does NASA have for LEO beyond 2031 when they de-orbit the ISS? I know there will always be activity there but how much of it will be manned and how much time do we have to develop that back-up capability? Also, if there's no one stranded there and needing resuppl...

I can't decide if ULA/Boeing is a modern day WPA project or just a money laundering scheme.

If we need a secondary launch capability I think NASA might be better served just selecting another start up.

Paul

Happy birthday. Best wishes for many more.

and thus is our second oldest active member on the board.

Okay, I'll bite, who's the oldest?

Paul

Ya know, I agree. Nothing worse than having to listen to a mechanical voice give you the "history of the world" for 10 minutes just to eventually get to the two minutes of information I was looking for. I generally click off and go elsewhere. Of course, that means the poster has the click ...

SpaceX will figure out the root cause of the issue, make the necessary modifications to Starship and submit the mishap report to the FAA. Starship will be launching again out of Boca Chica with 3-months. I suspect that is an integral part of SpaceX culture. This was not a cheap failure but is only ...

Well, everything may have gone well but it wasn't for lack of trying.

Happy New Year.

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Merry Christmas
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Congratulations!!

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I've only been to Galveston once, so not that familiar with the surrounding area. Maybe somewhere down around Moody Gardens would be good. It's not too far from the piers and there are several attractions and a couple of hotels there.
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Seems that Galveston has decided they don't want to host the battleship Texas after all. I'm not sure what this is all about but I know there was a pier side restaurant complaining that it would block their "view" from the restaurant. Their "view" being the Galveston ship channel...

This is a 4 page example of a Bureaucracy that is out of control. I would say unable or unwilling to do their job in a timely manner except that I don't know whose schedule they are on. The timing is suspect. Trying to make SpaceX appear to be criminal, rogue scientists to punish Musk because of his...

Prayers sent