Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a
nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a
"Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed
considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense
initiatives more successful? Can such an application of
science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable,
necessary or impossible?
The fact regarding energy is it comes costed at different
prices ... there's the holistic aspect of what happens to the
aspects too often left out of the equation ... and there's the
cost per kwUnit.
In a competitive world where energy is a costed factor of
production --- those nations with 'right-priced energy' are at
an advantage in the global markets.
Is it in the domaine of ONE Nation State or a collective
of Nations working together?
As yet another 1:100 year weather:storm
occurence wipes people out - there's the question of how to
stabalise energy flows.
gisterme
- 05:50am Jun 26, 2003 EST (#
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lchic - 03:34am Jun 26, 2003 EST (# 12689 of ...) http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.wEZ0b1YKkab.0@3e7bb3@.f28e622/14357
"...The fact regarding energy is it comes costed at
different prices ..."
Unfortunately, most of us poor energy consumers here in the
US are only hooked-up to a single set of utilities so we don't
have much option to choose among "differently costed" energy
prices. Maybe it's different elsewhere. :-) In some places we
do have that option at the gas pump.
"...there's the holistic aspect of what happens to the
aspects too often left out of the equation ... and there's the
cost per kwUnit..."
The holistic aspect of what happens to the aspects too
often left out of the equation? Huh??? What aspects would
those be, lchic? What happens to them? I'd really like to
know.
Which do you think is the larger-scale "aspect", lchic, the
holistic or the kWUnit?
rshow55
- 08:49am Jun 26, 2003 EST (#
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Can we do a better job of finding
truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have
done and worked for on this thread.
gisterme , it is great to have you. Had a good trip
to California - though a personally charged one.
Maybe I can respond a bit about "wholistic" aspects of
energy production (and global warming control). We ought to
solve these problems - and in a real sense, that's
possible now .
There are times when I agree - partly - with the Bush
administration - and it could be taking very good steps
- steps compatible with really optimal solutions -
about both energy (which in the end needs to involve a lot of
hydrogen) and global warming. Both problems that need
simple solutions - solved well and on the proper scale.
The word "proper" is a problem. On the plane back from San
Francisco, spent some time reading Lettita Baldridge's
Complete Guide to Executive Manners ( Ms. Baldridge was
Jackie Kennedy's chief of Staff - and especially chief of
protocol). And "propriety" is a problem when the solutions are
large scale. "Good manners" and "protocol" and "politics as
usual" and "national security concerns" can easily stand like
iron bars - stopping change - and substituting "perfumed
stagnation" for hope. These good things need not stand in the
way of hope - but often do.
Sometimes, the solutions have to be identified and
implemented on scales where "proprieties" stand in the way.
Eisenhower worried about that. I'll be back after I read the
last 90 postings or so.
mazza9
- 11:25am Jun 26, 2003 EST (#
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"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic
Commentaries
The Space University Proposal would be funded from
education funds which are local. As the funding exceeds NASA's
budget we will wrest control of the space program from NASA.
There is pent up entrepreneurial energy which can propel the
Space University and eventually the whole High Frontier
movement.
The person who invented the PayPal system sold his business
to E-Bay for $1.5 Billion. Unlike Mark Cuban who took his
funds and bought the Dallas Mavericks, this individual is
building a two stage satellite launcher. He is offering LEO
satellite launch services at $10 Million which has caught NASA
attention because it will be "cheap" for the orbit height and
weight. Burt Rutan is on a clip to win the X-Prize and other
"inventors" are hard at work. It was reported in Aviation Week
a month or so ago that a rocket company in Colorado has
developed an areospike nozzle whcih could increase thrust by
30%!
Beale Aerospace was on a track to do this but its founder
and funder had to pull the plug becasue NASA kept getting in
the way!
Why educational funding? There are two high school stadiums
in the whole world that have diamondvision stadium screens!
There both in the Mesquite Texas ISD and my daughter is a part
of the Marching band that performs under these beauties. If we
can fund these types of facilities then Space University
should be a go. NOW! If Congress recognizes the wealth to be
created in space then they don't have to provide any funds.
Just grant tax free status to all profits generated in space
and watch what happens.
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