Comments on: Friday Linkzookery – 25 Jul 2008

By: Toejam

Toejam — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:37:00 +0000

'Beetlemania: How a tiny bug is ravaging Colorado's forests' We saw the damage last year in Rocky Mountain National Park. When that fire starts, it's going to be unlike anything we've ever seen. According to Obama's crew it's a Republican plot. Those beetles were dropped from C-130 aircraft into the forest by the C.I.A. Once the trees are gone the animals will die or move on. Then there'll be NO excuse NOT to drill for oil!

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:55:00 +0000

The comments come and go as my host pleases. Also, the front page with no entries (just a NEXT PAGE) is the result of errors trying to post a comment. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. I hope to work on this this week.

By: Bram

Bram — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:32:00 +0000

Comments have been tits-up for a while. Glad to see they are back. I had some keen insights you folks missed out on.

By: thebronze

thebronze — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:08:00 +0000

Sorry for the DP. Your page was Tango Uniform.

By: thebronze

thebronze — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:07:00 +0000

Re: Iran Starts Production of Stealth Fighter Jets It’ll probably look something like this: http://www.historicaviation.com/Image.po?pn=0009870&size=large

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:00:00 +0000

FWIW, I’m not necessarily opposed to the cargo version of the Ares series. At least not in principle.

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:57:00 +0000

I’m no rocket scientist, but I’ve never bought the Ares concept. Even as a kid during the development of the Space Shuttle, I recall the worry that many had over the use of solid rocket boosters on a manned vehicle. They’ve performed well. Except for that one time. Other missions have reported close to burning through, as well, though I believe they’ve addressed the known deficiencies. SRBs are more easily re-used than liquid-powered rockets after a dunking in the ocean, so they help the ‘re-usable’ theme. But they haven’t been nearly as cheap as expected, even if you discount the cost of replacing one orbiter, crew, and payload. Why you’d want to rely on them, particularly an elongated version which wrecks the original design’s burn scheme, for the entirety of your manned spaceflight program is beyond me.

By: James

James — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:29:00 +0000

57 engineers do not, volunteer their ‘free time’ on a project that competes with their day job unless they are dammed sure, that its better. On that basis alone I in favor of the Jupiter design. Besides the Ares concept is flawed, personally solid rockets scare me. In many cases they are needed, but I like having the ability to regulate and shut down my engines. Besides solid rockets tend to be a one use pony. Not to mention that new full flow staged cycle engines are showing some real promise.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:27:00 +0000

The remake by A&E was horrible…just man god awful stuff.