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Mega Disasters - The History Channel
Hi Everybody!
Here it is, several weeks later, and I am no longer posting on Henry Spencer's K6-2 Box. I just couldn't stand it anymore, and barring anyone coughing up Henry Spencer's address so we can ship this thing to him, we'll just be flying Orbiter with it, with a suitable graphics card. But that's not what I'm here for. Has anyone noticed the second season of this show yet? They seem to have really hit their groove with this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Disasters I just happened to see 'Comet Catastrophe' and they covered it in fantastic detail, considering on how new and interesting the result is. First I researched it and blobbed it : http://cosmic.lifeform.org/?p=343 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/science/14WAVE.html http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/14/news/meteor.php This **** happens all the time folks, we were wondering for many months it would be before we would see an example of it, and low and behold, the Peruvian Impact Event. And that's a minor little example of it. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/sc...gewanted=print http://sp.lyellcollection.org/cgi/co...refs/273/1/177 This week the Mega Disasters show was on the Younger Dryas - Laurentide Ice Sheet - Clovis Extinction Impact Event (The Mammoth Impact). The basic result is that your beloved fossil fuel civilization is doomed unless you idiots immediately start to straighten up and fly right, I mean left. Up would be even better. Otherwise the darkness will surely descend upon the Earth again just like it did sometime around 540 AD. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/deepimpact-04a.html |
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"kT" wrote in message ... Hi Everybody! The basic result is that your beloved fossil fuel civilization is doomed unless you idiots immediately start to straighten up and fly right, I mean left. Up would be even better. Otherwise the darkness will surely descend upon the Earth again just like it did sometime around 540 AD. Don't worry, the US military is working at a feverish pace to militarize space. Someday hunting space rocks will be just another part of Air Force basic training~ Air and Space Power Journal http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/ http://www.spacedaily.com/news/deepimpact-04a.html |
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:27:27 -0400, "Jonathan"
wrote: Don't worry, the US military is working at a feverish pace to militarize space. Someday hunting space rocks will be just another part of Air Force basic training~ Last I checked, it was the Chinese that recklessly blew up a satellite with an ASAT weapon and put hundreds of other satellites in danger from the debris... But of course, its all the U.S.'s fault... Brian |
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Mega Disasters - The History Channel
Brian Thorn wrote:
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:27:27 -0400, "Jonathan" wrote: Don't worry, the US military is working at a feverish pace to militarize space. Someday hunting space rocks will be just another part of Air Force basic training~ Last I checked, it was the Chinese that recklessly blew up a satellite with an ASAT weapon and put hundreds of other satellites in danger from the debris... But of course, its all the U.S.'s fault... Have they done a Mega Disaster on the Cascade Effect yet? I'm too lazy to look, besides, I rarely watch TV. |
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"Brian Thorn" wrote in message ... On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:27:27 -0400, "Jonathan" wrote: Don't worry, the US military is working at a feverish pace to militarize space. Someday hunting space rocks will be just another part of Air Force basic training~ Last I checked, it was the Chinese that recklessly blew up a satellite with an ASAT weapon and put hundreds of other satellites in danger from the debris... But of course, its all the U.S.'s fault... It may sound like I'm against what the military is doing in space, quite the opposite. It's just that everyone seems in denial they're doing it. It's that denial of reality that I'm making fun of. It's starting to look like the military route is going to be the only way too build the kind of space infrastructure needed to get the space age going. Brian |
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Mega Disasters - The History Channel
On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:23:12 -0400, "Jonathan"
wrote: Don't worry, the US military is working at a feverish pace to militarize space. Someday hunting space rocks will be just another part of Air Force basic training~ Last I checked, it was the Chinese that recklessly blew up a satellite with an ASAT weapon and put hundreds of other satellites in danger from the debris... But of course, its all the U.S.'s fault... It may sound like I'm against what the military is doing in space, quite the opposite. It's just that everyone seems in denial they're doing it. What's this "feverish pace" you speak of? What exactly is the U.S. military doing now that they weren't doing 40 years ago? Hell, back then they were making "feverish plans" for Dyna-Soar, Blue Gemini and MOL that all came to nothing. Then they got onboard Shuttle and had "feverish plans" to refuel spy satellites and inspect enemy satellites that all came to nothing. Then they had "Star Wars" and pipedreams of giant laser battle satellites that came to nothing. Now it has two mediocre EELVs that are costing them a fortune with no obvious improvement over their predecessors, to launch the same ol' spy satellites they've been launching since the '70s. This is "feverish"? Brian |
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Mega Disasters - The History Channel
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:22:15 GMT, in a place far, far away, Brian
Thorn made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: It may sound like I'm against what the military is doing in space, quite the opposite. It's just that everyone seems in denial they're doing it. What's this "feverish pace" you speak of? What exactly is the U.S. military doing now that they weren't doing 40 years ago? Hell, back then they were making "feverish plans" for Dyna-Soar, Blue Gemini and MOL that all came to nothing. Then they got onboard Shuttle and had "feverish plans" to refuel spy satellites and inspect enemy satellites that all came to nothing. Then they had "Star Wars" and pipedreams of giant laser battle satellites that came to nothing. Now it has two mediocre EELVs that are costing them a fortune with no obvious improvement over their predecessors, to launch the same ol' spy satellites they've been launching since the '70s. This is "feverish"? The available evidence would indicate that it's "jonathan" who is feverish... |
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Mega Disasters - The History Channel
Brian Thorn wrote:
Now it has two mediocre EELVs that are costing them a fortune with no obvious improvement over their predecessors, to launch the same ol' spy satellites they've been launching since the '70s. This is "feverish"? Both EELVs are major improvements over their predecessors. Rightards think that everything should function the rightard way. |
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"Brian Thorn" wrote in message ... On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:23:12 -0400, "Jonathan" wrote: Don't worry, the US military is working at a feverish pace to militarize space. Someday hunting space rocks will be just another part of Air Force basic training~ Last I checked, it was the Chinese that recklessly blew up a satellite with an ASAT weapon and put hundreds of other satellites in danger from the debris... But of course, its all the U.S.'s fault... It may sound like I'm against what the military is doing in space, quite the opposite. It's just that everyone seems in denial they're doing it. What's this "feverish pace" you speak of? What exactly is the U.S. military doing now that they weren't doing 40 years ago? Outspending NASA, the dept of defense is spending over $20 billion a year on space related activities. Under Clinton is was a fraction of that, he put the US military on a 'procurement holiday' remember? And now they announce a very ambitious Space Solar Power plan. Not to mention the concerns the Chinese asat test bring which could help fuel more funding. The N Korea settlement and the democrats might slow the pace of spending, but since the new and very aggressive space policy of last year makes moving into space a top national security priority. http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/...e_policy06.pdf Hell, back then they were making "feverish plans" for Dyna-Soar, Blue Gemini and MOL that all came to nothing. Then they got onboard Shuttle and had "feverish plans" to refuel spy satellites and inspect enemy satellites that all came to nothing. Then they had "Star Wars" and pipedreams of giant laser battle satellites that came to nothing. Now it has two mediocre EELVs that are costing them a fortune with no obvious improvement over their predecessors, to launch the same ol' spy satellites they've been launching since the '70s. This is "feverish"? It may be going through another boom and bust cycle like you've described. But since 9/11 and Bush we're decidedly in the 'boom' part of the space military spending cycle. We've been in a race lately to develop missile defense before roque states can hit us. Brian |
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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message ... On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:22:15 GMT, in a place far, far away, Brian Thorn made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: since the '70s. This is "feverish"? The available evidence would indicate that it's "jonathan" who is feverish... I could say the sky is blue and you'd respond the same way. Are you still holding a grudge after I pointed out that 83 word long run-on sentence you published? You don't think we've been in a race to build missile defense before certain rogue countries can hit us with a few nukes? And a race that involved nukes is a 'hot' race. Hence the term feverish. I use words very carefully, I destroy you each time you take them on. Do you enjoy getting hammered over and over~ Jonathan s |
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