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(...) I'm a big fan of space exploration. I'm an even bigger fan of universal state funded healthcare & education. Who in society will benifit most from a manned trip to Mars? Who in society benifits most from a lack of universal state funded (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, there's expensive and there's *VERY expensive*, in terms of dollars per unit of work on task. Asserting that NASA falls into the latter camp (as I do) is debate fodder, so if you want to stay out of .debate, as you seem to, we won't get (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If I read the original post correctly, the question was of fuel efficiency and the physical implications of a Moon-based versus an Earth-based launch toward Mars and beyond. Naturally this entails the cost of development, because fuel costs (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thank you, Mark, for the info. Even with a minimum of knowledge of file extension, anyone can figure out that it wasn't any ordinary text file attached. So I sent it to Notepad and thus my system was never infected. But I'd like to warn other (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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The virus you describe is known to antivirus software and tools as w32.sober.c. See (URL) for information and instructions on how to remove it. >> Mark (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) "lugnet.off-topic.geek (group): Geeking and geek toys (computing, games, peripherals, hacking, science, etc.): discussions of a generally (but not necessarily always) positive and serious or helpful nature." You may not agree, but it seems (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why? I think this discussion is very appropriate to .geek, except for the parts where you are starting a debate. Any reason we can't talk about NASA here? (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Um, no I don't. And stop resetting the FUT back to geek. (...) For NASA, sure. They blew 100B on something that could have been built out of spent shuttle fuel tanks if they had spent about 100M early in the program. For Burt Rutan, no. (or (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oooops Looks like that class uses another class. Not sure how you find out other required classes, and Java experts help? They're probably all in the same directory. ROSCO (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Dave, to download the Java code, just look in the code for the <APPLET> tag, create a URL using the CODEBASE & CODE values (you may need to substitute an absolute URL in the CODEBASE). In this case I used: (URL) type that into your browser, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Okay, that's pretty cool (but you lose points for using "bootstrap"). I was only thinking of vehicles launched from Earth and using the Moon as a waystation, rather than craft built in orbit or on the Moon. But wouldn't it be monstrously (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I could make great use of (URL) little utility, but I don't have Internet access from home. Is there a simple (but overlooked by me) way to download or save this applet so that I can use it at home? Thanks for any assistance. Dave! (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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Dave K and I are both right although the casual reader may not see it. He's right under the assumption that all your mass is going to come from earth and you need a place to assemble all the bits and pieces into a ship that was too big to launch in (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If I recall correctly, 90 percent of the fuel of any launch from the earth is used to get thru the atmosphere--that it's only 10 percent that is used for combatting gravity. That said, lifting off the earth, then landing on the moon, then (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Boost the fuel (and oxidizer) from earth? Fuel maybe, oxidizer no. The moon has among its most common elements: oxygen, silicon and aluminum Solar cells can be made from silicon and aluminum + trace elements. Just add energy. (and technology (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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By now, everyone knows about Dubya's Brave New Vision of America's future in space, specifically regarding the Moon and Mars. One of Dubya's selling points for a permanent Moon base (perhaps modular, in 48x48 squares) is that it will make it easier (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Do you speak HEX? If only you and dead people speak HEX, how many people speak HEX? The answer is not 1. (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Ok, this isn't technically off the topic of Lego, but it's the geek in me that makes it seem really funny: (URL) A non-geek is going to probably say "huh"? or "so?" or "I don't get it". But I want a T-shirt. (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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There are 10 types of people: people that understand binary numbers and people that don't. (21 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.lego, Allan Bedford wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) This is one of the biggest reasons that I appreciated Gene Roddenberry so much more. Gene's 'vision' (tm) was much more human, imho, than George. I'll take Star Trek over Star Wars any (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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