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From: rabid_fan on 29 Apr 2010 22:59 In contrast to the useless spectacle that will be any manned flight to the moon or Mars, NASA is considering a sound investment in fundamental science: http://www.physorg.com/news191777544.html
From: bert on 30 Apr 2010 10:01 On Apr 29, 10:59 pm, rabid_fan <r...(a)righthere.net> wrote: > In contrast to the useless spectacle that will be any manned > flight to the moon or Mars, NASA is considering a sound investment > in fundamental science: > > http://www.physorg.com/news191777544.html Mafia NASA spent $25,000,000 on each ot the shuttles toilets(5) They stole billions and billions so reality is the toilets were dirt cheap. Best to keep in mind you have to go even in free fall. High cost to these toilets they had a diode so flushing was automatic. O ya Depends would have been a lot cheaper. TreBert
From: Uncle Al on 30 Apr 2010 10:48 rabid_fan wrote: > > In contrast to the useless spectacle that will be any manned > flight to the moon or Mars, NASA is considering a sound investment > in fundamental science: > > http://www.physorg.com/news191777544.html First, that's hype. Second, NASA is a disaster. Third, how much additional resolution can be achieved with a third generation CMB detector? An evolutionary platform will not suck in more information. A revoltionary platform cannot be justified in a business plan for lack of precedent. -- Uncle Al http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/ (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals) http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz4.htm
From: rabid_fan on 30 Apr 2010 11:53
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:48:47 -0700, Uncle Al wrote: > Third, how much > additional resolution can be achieved with a third generation CMB > detector? Increased sensitivity (temperature) and resolution (angular) are not the goals of these CMB detectors. They are designed to detect the polarization of the microwave background in the hope of detecting patterns that are consistent with the inflation theory. > An evolutionary platform will not suck in more information. These detectors are evolutionary (aka progressive). COBE and WMAP provided initial results on the polarization of the CMB. These new detectors (CLASS and PIPER) will explore the polarization further. |