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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:36:34 GMT, in a place far, far away, Monte
Davis made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: (Rand Simberg) wrote: Not if it's a foregone tax revenue from an activity that wouldn't have otherwise happened. Not saying that's the case here, but "foregoing tax revenues" is a slippery topic (similar to the argument about supply-side economics). It costs the public nothing to "forego tax revenues" if in the absence of such a policy, there would have been no revenues to tax. Agreed that it's slippery. One could argue from a pure small-government, leave-the-market-alone PoV that *any* policy with the intent to foster investment in area X (which means that capital isn't available for Y or Z) is a thumb in the scales, as surely as a direct subsidy or a targeted sin tax. I don't mean to deny the shades of gray; I mean that my preference is, as much as possible, to reduce the number of labels used for "government fosters X" and put all means of doing so on an equal footing. The politics and law of allocating public spending are complex enough, and give rise to more than enough subterfuge and misdirection, without pretending that the numbers on the balance sheet come in orange, patchouli, and Methodist as well as red and black. I agree. I'm not in favor of further complicating the tax code. I'm starting to come around t the idea of eliminating the income tax altogether, and just having a consumption tax (though that has its own problems, one of which is that it's relatively opaque and painless). |
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Len wrote:
On Jun 21, 10:32 pm, kT wrote: NASA - National Atmospheric and Space Administration I like the sound of that. That's going to be your new NASA in 2009. I agree that NASA could use a name change. However, I think changing back to NACA would be approproptiate: the National Advisory Committee for Aerospace. You certainly can be accused of living in the past. The main message: You are the problem, not the solution. I agree that the atmosphere is very important, but it is not primarily NASA's job. I believe that was exactly why I am demanding this name change. All agencies and all individuals should strive "not to do harm." As for climate control and change, I don't know who should be allowed to pick the winners and losers. Oh, go **** yourself. We're losing. Any winner will do. Perhaps space shields, mirrors, and/or scatterers that compensate for harm may be technically, economically, and socially appropriate; but again, this is probably not primarily a NASA job--although NASA could well be involved. Wow, I'm just speechless. I certainly haven't mentioned any of those lame proposals. All I am proposing is using NOAA and NASA to demonstrate credible some solar and hydrogen propulsion solutions to the energy conversion problem, and to scrub the atmosphere back to 320 ppm CO2. -- Get A Free Orbiter Space Flight Simulator : http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/orbit.html |
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On Jun 21, 11:02 pm, "GO Mavs" wrote:
I agree about that being a fault of Bush. There is no reason we need to send men to Mars or set up a space station on the Moon. We have learned there is a ton we can do with cameras, machines, robots, and magnetic and inferred technology. Going as far as we can into space should only be funded privately. And the next time several NEO's go whizzing by the Earth and we only know about them AFTER they have zipped by...we can count on the 'private sector' to insure humanity doesn't become the next dinosaurs when NEOs come stumbling, tumbling and bumbling from behind the Sun and either miss us by the smallest of time like 33 seconds or so or actually wipe us out? WE NEED TO GET HUMANITY OFF EARTH TO STAY !!! Otherwise, Gloabl Warming, Iraq, homeless, health care, loose nukes, terrorism, national debt, trade deficit, Immigration etc etc...will mean SQAUT when they next rock hits and wipes the planet clean. The only good thing you can realize in the moments before being vaporized is that Bush and Cheney will be nothing but atomized molecules along with the rest of us. Bob... http://www.commonsensecentral.blogspot.com/ PS...It's time someone Hijacked the Starship!!! http://commonsensecentral.blogspot.c...-starship.html or declassify some of the Area 51 technology like the Aurora that was highlighted on a 2 part History Channel show. http://commonsensecentral.blogspot.c...e-are-you.html |
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BradGuth wrote in
oups.com: On Jun 22, 1:55 am, z wrote: What is the other first step? We need to get out of here eventually -- sun only last so long. Relocate our moon to Earth's L1, then we go for Venus (or vise versa). - "whoever controls the past, controls the future" / George Orwell - Brad Guth Venus is not a place where you want to go.. sulfuric acid clouds and 400 degree temps etc. You must be Bush's science advisor |
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On Jun 22, 10:35 am, z wrote:
BradGuth wrote groups.com: On Jun 22, 1:55 am, z wrote: What is the other first step? We need to get out of here eventually -- sun only last so long. Relocate our moon to Earth's L1, then we go for Venus (or vise versa). - "whoever controls the past, controls the future" / George Orwell - BradGuth Venus is not a place where you want to go.. sulfuric acid clouds and 400 degree temps etc. You must be Bush's science advisor Which other planet or moon were you silly folks planning upon going butt naked? What about a collective habitat of "VL2 POOF City"? What about my 256e6 tonne LSE-CM/ISS, at our moon's L1? BTW, the only advisors our resident LLPOF warlord(GW Bush) has up his butt are those pesky Zions with a freaking spendy death wish for anyone that's not 100+% pro-Jewish (aka faith-based ****ology on a stick, none the less). - "whoever controls the past, controls the future" / George Orwell - Brad Guth |
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:02:42 -0000, "
wrote: bush cant get anything right........ beyond that all profit from space activities should be declared federal tax free for 30 years to help investments. way better than spending public money. But how does giving a tax windfall to the big comsat operators, help further any cause any of us here are interested in? They don't want or need cheap access to space, manned Mars missions, infrastructure in LEO, or any other such thing, and so won't reinvest any of their newly-untaxed profits there. The people who *are* interested in those things, aren't making a profit. And they're having a fairly difficult time convincing investors that they have any chance at all of ever making a profit. Not so much so as in the past, sure. There's been some movement, in the right direction. However, if the biggest obstacle in your path is the folks with the money saying, "I don't believe you can make a profit", then it is really not all that helpful to respond with, "...but now all the profit is tax-free!" -- *John Schilling * "Anything worth doing, * *Member:AIAA,NRA,ACLU,SAS,LP * is worth doing for money" * *Chief Scientist & General Partner * -13th Rule of Acquisition * *White Elephant Research, LLC * "There is no substitute * * for success" * *661-718-0955 or 661-275-6795 * -58th Rule of Acquisition * |
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BradGuth wrote in
oups.com: On Jun 22, 10:35 am, z wrote: BradGuth wrote groups.com: On Jun 22, 1:55 am, z wrote: What is the other first step? We need to get out of here eventually -- sun only last so long. Relocate our moon to Earth's L1, then we go for Venus (or vise versa). - "whoever controls the past, controls the future" / George Orwell - BradGuth Venus is not a place where you want to go.. sulfuric acid clouds and 400 degree temps etc. You must be Bush's science advisor Which other planet or moon were you silly folks planning upon going butt naked? dude. sulferic acid clouds and 400 degree tmps.. and nothing to stand on and its closer to the sun. We need to get AWAY from the sun -- its due to blow up! |
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z wrote:
BradGuth wrote in oups.com: On Jun 22, 10:35 am, z wrote: BradGuth wrote groups.com: On Jun 22, 1:55 am, z wrote: What is the other first step? We need to get out of here eventually -- sun only last so long. Relocate our moon to Earth's L1, then we go for Venus (or vise versa). - "whoever controls the past, controls the future" / George Orwell - BradGuth Venus is not a place where you want to go.. sulfuric acid clouds and 400 degree temps etc. You must be Bush's science advisor Which other planet or moon were you silly folks planning upon going butt naked? dude. sulferic acid clouds and 400 degree tmps.. and nothing to stand on and its closer to the sun. We need to get AWAY from the sun -- its due to blow up! That'll be news to most people. The sun is too small. It is slowly warming up though, which will become an issue sooner or later. Sylvia. |
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rhw007 wrote:
:On Jun 21, 11:02 pm, "GO Mavs" wrote: : I agree about that being a fault of Bush. There is no reason we need to send : men to Mars or set up a space station on the Moon. : : We have learned there is a ton we can do with cameras, machines, robots, and : magnetic and inferred technology. Going as far as we can into space should : only be funded privately. : : :And the next time several NEO's go whizzing by the Earth and we only :know about them AFTER they have zipped by...we can count on the :'private sector' to insure humanity doesn't become the next dinosaurs :when NEOs come stumbling, tumbling and bumbling from behind the Sun :and either miss us by the smallest of time like 33 seconds or so or :actually wipe us out? : :WE NEED TO GET HUMANITY OFF EARTH TO STAY !!! : Why? -- "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar territory." --G. Behn |
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Sylvia Else wrote in
u: z wrote: BradGuth wrote in oups.com: On Jun 22, 10:35 am, z wrote: BradGuth wrote groups.com: On Jun 22, 1:55 am, z wrote: What is the other first step? We need to get out of here eventually -- sun only last so long. Relocate our moon to Earth's L1, then we go for Venus (or vise versa). - "whoever controls the past, controls the future" / George Orwell - BradGuth Venus is not a place where you want to go.. sulfuric acid clouds and 400 degree temps etc. You must be Bush's science advisor Which other planet or moon were you silly folks planning upon going butt naked? dude. sulferic acid clouds and 400 degree tmps.. and nothing to stand on and its closer to the sun. We need to get AWAY from the sun -- its due to blow up! That'll be news to most people. The sun is too small. It is slowly warming up though, which will become an issue sooner or later. Sylvia. well its due to go red giant right? And so it'll become much larger and occupy the space where the earth is now (thus it will 'blow up'.. like a puffer fish, rather than an explosion). The Earth may well get pushed out to a wider orbit, but believe me. We need to be well gone by then!!! |
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