Actually I believe most of them are not. Administrative personel make up more than 50% of NASA staff. And to clarify, there is a difference between Reasearch work and Development work. Most of the...
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Actually I believe most of them are not. Administrative personel make up more than 50% of NASA staff. And to clarify, there is a difference between Reasearch work and Development work. Most of the...
Well, speaking as someone who works in R&D, the problem isnt lack of will, its lack of available funding. NASA is by far the largest drain on research funding. NASA doesnt really do any research,...
Don't get me wrong, I fully belive that we will eventually colonize mars. I just think it will need a lot of terraforming before permanent habitation will be possible. Its much more of an...
Umm, not to split hairs, but what exactly do you think is going to happen on mars that cannot be done on earth at much lower cost? Exploration yes, but real science? Unlikely. I'm not saying we...
Thats just micronutrients and the macronutrients P and K. It doesnt contain enough N either as NH4- or NO3+. Sorry but I actually know quite a bit about horticulture.
Actually there are commercially avilable parts that can tolerate the conditions on mars. The temperature on mars may be low, but the atmospheric pressure makes any probe essentialyl a thermos. the...
Mars has an atmophere less than 1% as thick as earths, which means for humans, it is essentially a vacuum. There could be no human activity on the surface outside environmental suits, which will...
So you agree that religion is based on things other than intellect, reason, facts, evidence, and reproduceable results. Adults call that 'make believe', fantasy, fiction, insanity, or if the subject...
Wow, what the hell are they teaching in school these days...
Religion isnt the search for truth in any way shape or form. Philosophy is the search for truth. A religion is a system of belief.
That statement is wrong. That argument is made by Religious retards all the time (not implying you are one). Science can and does prove things true every time you type a key on your keyboard or...
Except if you dont do the stuff that doesnt turn a profit, you will never learn what does. Your statement sounds liek the same old tired 'stop wastign money in space' argument. I could argue that...
bad reporting, their assertion as to why it is water and not frozen co2 has a hole in it you can drive a saturn rocket through.
Avg daily temp means nothing, if the temp drops below 109 for brief...