Posted on 11/21/2016 12:06:49 PM PST by Libloather
Infrastructure, or pay down the debt. M-O-O-N spells stupid.
NASA needs to have a bureaucratic house cleaning on the same scale as the rest of the US government. It is fat and full of waste.
Agreed.
“It’s like anything else - whoever settles it first is in a better position to influence or dictate terms of settlement.”
Well, we’ve already entered into a treaty saying that territory in outer space “shall be the province of all mankind” and “is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means”.
How comforting. I stand by my comments.
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
What Muslim(Islamic scientific advances) like sperm from the backbone & ribs? The so-called science of islam(koranic) was stolen from greater civilizations of the time. P. S. There were no Muslims before Mohammed.
We can only hope...
Hope he uses the “Moslem Outreach” money for manned space fight, too.
NASA led to more inventions and progress in the medical field alone than you can imagine. NASA has a worthy future unlike EPA, etc.
Uh huh.....you forgot possession is 9/10th of the law. NASA stays and our footprints on the moon stay!
NASA could work on finding a more cost effective way to get to the moon. Saturn V was cool to watch, but lots and lots of money to build and launch. What if they could build the vehicle in space?
“To the moon, Alice!!! “
One of these days!
An interesting observation ob8eleven. For almost two decades I spent months on projects wondering if anything useful would survive from the millions of dollars being spent for our equipment, time, and well educated personnel? Department of Energy is the re-named Atomic Energy Agency, which had a defense related justification. I worked on everything from sickle cell anemia to searching for neutrinos to building giant telescopes. All are fascinating for a few, but not justified for Constitutionally support by a federal agency. I, like most at “National Laboratories”, worked on projects which depended upon the political lobbies deployed to keep the funding coming, even when the defense roll had passed to a very few laboratories, and which could have been performed, more efficiently, and often was, by private firms.
The question of the value and roll of the National Laboratories including NASA, is one which Donald Trump might choose to address, much to the chagrin of benefactors of the DOE swamps doing junk science with political goals. Our junk-science-czar-in-chief, John Holdren, who never did any science for twenty years at Berkeley and was elevated to the Teresa Kerry Chair at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and then to Presidential Science Advisor to work the political-activist-in-chief. I saw many fine scientists forsake any effort to get funding for other than the current NSF fad funded because our science funding is controlled by politics and cronyism. Now it’s “climate change” since Holdren and his cronies knew that the warming scam could only survive if warming, which has disappeared for about 15 years, when the data are examined by those whose careers don’t depend upon perpetrating the scam. So they changed the theme to “Global Climate Change”, which is convenient since it is always present.
If it starts with department of... or ends with agency, it’s not constitutional. Start with the IRS.. it is the insatiable mouth of the leviathan.
“you forgot possession is 9/10th of the law”
You forgot that Russia and China won’t abide a treaty if we break it.
Just for starters. You can read a long list from multiple articles on the net so use your search engine. This excerpt is from NASA online.
Health and Medicine:
Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Light-emitting diodes
Red light-emitting diodes are growing plants in space and healing humans on Earth. The LED technology used in NASA space shuttle plant growth experiments has contributed to the development of medical devices such as award-winning WARP 10, a hand-held, high-intensity, LED unit developed by Quantum Devices Inc. The WARP 10 is intended for the temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain, arthritis, stiffness, and muscle spasms, and also promotes muscle relaxation and increases local blood circulation. The WARP 10 is being used by the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Navy as a noninvasive “soldier self-care” device that aids front-line forces with first aid for minor injuries and pain, thereby improving endurance in combat. The next-generation WARP 75 has been used to relieve pain in bone marrow transplant patients, and will be used to combat the symptoms of bone atrophy, multiple sclerosis, diabetic complications, Parkinson’s disease, and in a variety of ocular applications. (Spinoff 2005, 2008)
Infrared Ear Thermometers
Infrared ear thermometers
Diatek Corporation and NASA developed an aural thermometer, which weighs only 8 ounces and uses infrared astronomy technology to measure the amount of energy emitted by the eardrum, the same way the temperature of stars and planets is measured. This method avoids contact with mucous membranes, virtually eliminating the possibility of cross infection, and permits rapid temperature measurement of newborn, critically-ill, or incapacitated patients. NASA supported the Diatek Corporation, a world leader in electronic thermometry, through the Technology Affiliates Program. (Spinoff 1991)
Artificial Limbs
Artificial limbs
NASA’s continued funding, coupled with its collective innovations in robotics and shock-absorption/comfort materials are inspiring and enabling the private sector to create new and better solutions for animal and human prostheses. Advancements such as Environmental Robots Inc.’s development of artificial muscle systems with robotic sensing and actuation capabilities for use in NASA space robotic and extravehicular activities are being adapted to create more functionally dynamic artificial limbs (Spinoff 2004). Additionally, other private-sector adaptations of NASA’s temper foam technology have brought about custom-moldable materials offering the natural look and feel of flesh, as well as preventing friction between the skin and the prosthesis, and heat/moisture buildup. (Spinoff 2005)
Ventricular Assist Device
Ventricular assist device
Collaboration between NASA, Dr. Michael DeBakey, Dr. George Noon, and MicroMed Technology Inc. resulted in a lifesaving heart pump for patients awaiting heart transplants. The MicroMed DeBakey ventricular assist device (VAD) functions as a “bridge to heart transplant” by pumping blood throughout the body to keep critically ill patients alive until a donor heart is available. Weighing less than 4 ounces and measuring 1 by 3 inches, the pump is approximately one-tenth the size of other currently marketed pulsatile VADs. This makes it less invasive and ideal for smaller adults and children. Because of the pump’s small size, less than 5 percent of the patients implanted developed device-related infections. It can operate up to 8 hours on batteries, giving patients the mobility to do normal, everyday activities. (Spinoff 2002)
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