nobody knows better than Trump. Ever get the feeling, when you hear 'no body knows better than me, repetitively, that person knows nothing at all; ie the least informed in the crowd...
scroll down, and you'll see Trump say: "I met with the president of the Virgin Islands" which would be him. A day after Gov Rick Perry called Puerto Rico a Country.....geezus, we let any dumbfk run for Prez, there s/b a test prior to be able to be a legit candidate. If so we'd never have this dumbass for potus... https://twitter.com/i/moments/918851711959293952
Good read, covers both sides; http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...mp-colin-kaepernick-nfl-united-states-america
^^^^ this quote of Boyer's, is quit moving- "To deploy overseas, train, live with, fight alongside, and ultimately defend foreigners that you have little in common with is truly a challenging task. But returning home to a country that is so divided, so judgmental, and so hateful of one another is almost as difficult to deal with as burying a fallen comrade." Ya' know all the NFL has to do, is go back to prior days when Player's stayed in the tunnels or clubhouse during the Natl Anthem.... I believe the funds given the NFL by the DOD for flag ceremonies, has expired... https://lawnewz.com/high-profile/he...utrage-you-about-the-nfl-the-national-anthem/
http://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson...cial&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1508091594 I don't care much for legal briefs, but this one could have merit, tho' no one's going to do anything about it...
...yeah, I've always felt that standing during the anthem was the way to go, and though the NFL players who are also citizens and have the right to express themselves, they are also not exempt from the opinions of others who disagree with them...I just don't think using the national anthem as an avenue to protest is the right way to go. ...personally, I think politics should be kept out of sports.
^^^Never said traveling to another planet was impossible...my point is that it becomes moot if the Earth is reduced to a lifeless cinder after all the "WW III" nukes are launched.
no doubt, and yeah it kind of surprises me, due to the budget cuts over decades with NASA, tho' Musk has his vision, and no doubt in time it will happen. I'd hate to see Nukes launched, yet I don't trust either the NORKS or Iran. I'm kind of surprised this nation hasn't found a way to neutralize the lil' dick, his dad and grandad, over all these years. I think there's been more than discussions with China, or so I hope... One would hope China could neutralize the regime, tho' a madman can't be bartered with....
...I actually think that Musk or some other individual or private company has a better chance of interplanetary colonization than our bureaucratic government.
^^^^.... with all the bs govt's in-ability to fund massive programs let alone agree upon anything period; and the pitiful lack and loss of capital due to fraud, waste in such program's over decades; the dollar figures are beyond belief. That is, programs funded that never come to fruition, then put off and on again, funding ghosts of programs.... since latter 70's- eg, "The Orient Express", and/or "Star Wars" shield programs, .... tho' some headways have been made, nothing near as originally proposed and planned; more importantly appropriated, paid for, with no finished products on time, not even close... what did come out of the OE and SW's, came 2-3 decades after such programs were paid for time and time again, what we should of had in space in the year 2012, died on a engineers drawing board(s) in the latter 80's....again paid for with duplicated program re-starts, changing major sub=contractors over and over decades.... The tech learned from such, wouldn't come to any form of fruition physically until lately with an unmanned recovery mini-space shuttle. With a few methods of shielding America, also decades after their initial ECD... So yeah, a private entrenpeneur stands to go beyond, faster and further than our screwed up broken systemic failures in govt, and NASA....
Obviously this administration will likely punt on NASA as a priority unless someone explains that the tallest structures on the Moon and Mars could be designed and built on his watch. All the private sector work is encouraging, but to my mind most ventures are approaching space as a bucket list tourism scam. There are no signs that this sector is in it for the long haul where profits are reinvested to drive technology forward. This is where govt sponsored activities coupled to strategic interests have thrived for us, Russia, china and the EU to a smaller extent. For the private sector to be viable there needs to be plans for the democratization of space (i.e., affordable for most), and NASA needs to set standards. NASA should be working to be the ANSI for all things above 100km.
1- LMAO, a reference to the businessman developer potus??? Trump Bio-Dome on the Moon....hehehe 2- good point Tote, I just read an article with Musk on his approach, much like a Realtor's. "We're targeting homeowners, who would pay 200K for a house, can go to Mars for as much". Imo, Musk is vastly under estimating the rolling up of future increases in costs, big time..... 3- Tote, do you mean NASA should fall under ANSI? I'd have no probs with that. NASA Programs tho' do work under ANSI requirements, specifications, for engineering only.... at least when I worked, tho' the Contractors have taken an ISO approach to business, not sure what the future holds in these different methods of approach.... doesn't make sense does it? Engr to ANSI, drum up business with ISO, then build to ANSI.
I mean you can have a half dozen outfits right now vying for orbital ops. Would be key to have them all using std and compatible comms, docking systems, critical components (life support, batteries, co2 filters, etc) so there is some type of cross platform uniformity for safety purposes.
indeed. The big question or dose of future reality, is: how long before this goes from an ANSI to a global ISO environment. Indeed all 'outfits' s/b working to ANSI, but how long before funds fall short, even from private sectors. How long before some politician sells us on: "we won't get there without intl., support". Then the entire concept becomes as tainted as the world of intl turmoil left behind. Or do nations find true peace in space endeavours; like grown men find peace in their dogs world...Can doggism find a way into mankinds learning how to bridge differences. cuz there's always some who eat dogs, instead of turn 'em into mans best friend... where the fk did that come from. I went' off on a tangent, whats new eh?? ....gotta' be the drugs, booze, jp4 fumes - "geez I picked a great day to stop doing" ________x
Reposting from FB, certified to not be fake...... Some have claimed Pres. Trump is a failure and not doing anything. Here is a partial list of things that Pres. Trump has done so far despite the resistance from the Left and RHINOs.. And let's not forget the recent bills concerning healthcare: A) Able to get Healthcare across state lines B) The stopping of gov't subsidies to private companies which is unconstitutional. WHAT HAS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DONE SINCE HE HAS BEEN IN OFFICE 1. Supreme Court Judge Gorsuch 2. 59 missiles dropped in Syria 3. He took us out of TPP 4. Illegal immigration is now down 70% ( the lowest in 17 years) 5. Consumer confidence highest since 2000 at index 125.6 6. Mortgage applications for new homes rise to a seven-year high 7. Arranged from 7% to 24% Tariff on lumber from Canada 8. Bids for border wall are well underway 9. Pulled out of the lopsided stupid Paris climate accord 10. Keystone pipeline approved 11. NATO allies boost spending by 4.3% 12. Allowing VA to terminate bad employees 13. Allowing private healthcare choices for veterans 14. More than 600,000. Jobs created 15. Median household income at a 7 year high 16. The Stock Market is at the highest ever in its history 17. China agreed to American import of beef 18. $89 Billion saved in regulation rollbacks 19. Rollback of A Regulation to boost coal mining 20. MOAB for ISIS 21. Travel ban reinstated 22. Executive order for religious freedom 23. Jump started NASA after being shut down by Obama 24. $600 million cut from UN peacekeeping budget 25. Targeting of MS13 gangs 26. Deporting violent illegal immigrants 27. Signed 41 bills to date 28. Created a commission on child trafficking 29. Created a commission on voter fraud 30. Created a commission for Opioids addiction 31. Giving power to states to drug test unemployment recipients 32. Unemployment lowest since May 2007 33. Historic Black College University initiative 34. Women In Entrepreneurship Act 35. Created an office for illegal immigrant crime victims 36. Reversed Dodd-Frank 37. Repealed DOT ruling which would have taken power away from local governments for infrastructure planning 38. Order to stop crime against law enforcement 39. End of DAPA program 40. Stopped companies from moving out of America 41. Promoted businesses to create American Jobs 42. Encouraged country to once again – ‘Buy American and hire American’ 43. Cutting regulations – 2 for every one created 45. Review of all trade agreements to make sure they are America first 46. Apprentice program 47. Highest manufacturing surge in 3 years 48. $78 Billion promised reinvestment from major businesses like Exxon, Bayer, Apple, SoftBank, Toyota 49. Denied FBI a new building 50. $700 million saved with F-35 renegotiation 51. Saves $22 million by reducing white house payroll 52. Dept of Treasury reports a $182 billion surplus for April 2017 (2nd largest in history) 53. Negotiated the release of 6 US humanitarian workers held captive in Egypt 54. Gas prices lowest in more than 12 years 55. Signed An Executive Order To Promote Energy Independence and Economic Growth 56. Has already accomplished more to stop government interference into people’s lives than any President in the history of America 57. President Trump has worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any President since Truman 58. Has given head executive of each branches 6 month time frame, dated March 15, 2017, to trim the fat, restructure and improve efficiency of their branch. (Observe the push-back the leaks the lies as entrenched POWER refuses to go silently into that good night!) 59. Last, refused his Presidential paycheck. Donated it to Veterans.
...^^^ wow, just wow...gotta love the internet. (copy and paste without verifying) ..."certified not to be fake"?...really?...by whom ? ... without trying to refute the entire list, some of those claims may be true but others are either false, misleading, inaccurate, or very disputable. And some "accomplishments" on this cherry-picked propaganda list are in spite of Trump, not because of him. ...sorry, I award you no points.
