Archive for the ‘space’ Category
Space walking astronauts lost a tool bag while preparing to do work outside the International Wave Ring
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
What can I do with a space between my cabinets?
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010I have a space 6" wide and about 24" tall. It is a space between 2 large base cabinets (which were not measured correctly) and the contractor refuses to repair. It is wide open (deep) to the wall. Do you have any suggestions of what I can do with this space?
if you cant match the doors to create a "cookie sheet" cabinet. I have an area where I added shelves and found wicker baskets that fit in space and have them filled with cookie cutters, pot holders, the stuff that usually just isnt organized. I also have an area that I took of the doors and created a wine rack. with one shelf that has dowel rods to support serving platters that are difficult to store in regular shelves.
Cut Design Titanium Band
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
How can the space program avoid being pushed to the side by the federal gov?
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Politicians promise to support Ares, but with the American economy in its current state, Congress is likely to drastically cut funding. How can the space program survive when the United States faces so many more pressing issues? In what ways could space exploration be profitable for investors over the near term? Could nuclear pulse propulsion be a feasible means of cutting costs and expanding possibilities?
Economically, NASA and space exploration in general has had a great boost on the economy. All of the spin-off products that reached the market have produced a great flow of wealth, and, in the economics of capitalism, spending and buying = more economic prosperity, while saving = less economic prosperity. Seems somewhat contradictory… planning for making your own personal financial future stable hurts the societies short term financial stability, and vice verse.
All that being said, it’s not likely that all the lawmakers in the U.S. understand economics, let alone vote on projects that work, rather— they vote on bills to try to get themselves reelected, so if the public opinion is that NASA is a waste of money, many in the house and senate will vote to cut the funding.
Personally, (and there are a LOT of details that would need to be worked for this to be legitimate) I would like to see getting space exploration out of the governments hands, and into the hands of intelligent entrepreneurs. Direct competition between two (or more) opposing "space companies" with publicly held stocks, would (my speculation) possibly speed up understanding of the universe. I.E. if you’re trying to build the fastest, safest spaceship in the history of mankind, you might be more inclined to get it right, and get it right fast, if your competitor is closing in on launching one first.
The downside to this, is, I don’t suspect very many business people would wish to invest in building such a company. The returns will take a long time, and if you don’t hire the right people, you won’t get any. So unless the millionaire really wants to do good for space exploration, and doesn’t care about the risk/reward aspect of this potential "commercial space company" dealy-bop, <— that is a technical term, by the way! — I’m not sure how feasible this is in the short term.
On board view of a Space Shuttle launch sequence
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
A Antique Silver Bali Spacer Ring with White Pearls
Friday, March 5th, 2010
What is the difference between free disk space and available disk space on a hard drive on a linux box?
Friday, March 5th, 2010I have realized that I have a discrepancy of 10GB on a 200GB partition between the available disk space and the free disk space.
In this case gnome system monitor says that I have 100GB free disk space and 88GB are available.
What does that mean? Why are these values so different?
that is because all operating systems need space to work with. some space is taken up with a section (partition) for swapping files in and out of memory…
when you buy a new hard drive and set it up, (fdisk it) lets say you have a 100 gig, it will be read as free space 99 gig the first section is for the MBS (master boot sector) that so that when you boot up the computer it reads the MBS so it knows what it can do with the hard drive space
Lady Gaga – Poker Face – Parody (”Outer Space”)
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
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Petit heart throb
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Petit heart throb This 15mm heart shaped rhodonite stone is set in rose gold filled and Argentium sterling silver wire. The swoop and curl of the wire suggests the vastness of space in a petit pendant. Argentium sterling silver is a relatively new tarnish resistant sterling silver created by Peter Johns. You will never have to work to return the wonderful silver shine of this pendant. Clean this handcrafted piece as you would any jewelry that gets a bit dirty – with a non-corrosive jewelry cleaner (such as Jewel Brite) or a personal model sonic jewelry cleaner. The pendant measures 1 3/4 inches long and is just over an inch wide. This unique handcrafted pendant comes with an adjustable satin cord.