Was thinking over coffee & phone, why such concerted attack lately against the space station supply launches, airlines, & newer aerospace companies. Why such effort to vilify pilots. Etc.

Then i realized, the System remembers being defeated by colonials when USA became a nation; therefore the same system fears the idea of being economically & ideologically defeated by new colonies (in space).

Believers in true freedom should not fear the colonization of space. Imagine the possibilities.

It would be a miracle for humanity.

Dear friends, i miss you a ton.
Doing without net and it has been kind of unpleasant.

However, acquired a number of very good SciFi novels by contemporaries of F Herbert. They are extremely inspiring. Finished John Twelve Hawks novel "the traveler" also - I urgently recommend glancing at that book

Let's not give up on truth, freedom, discovery, knowledge. All of us knows something & together that's a nice warm glow of starlight.

Sorry for my recent absence 8(

You have been missed Naga_Fireball. Good to see you here, even if just for a moment : )

Hello friends, last week could not stop thinking about submarines and diplomatic cables. Explained some stuff from book Congo by m Crichton to my mom. Two days later a Russian sub called yantar passed florida with a cable cutter aboard en route to Cuba.

Truth has value lol duh

Information industry keeps value very well esp stolen property eek.

Let's visualize a morally upright world full of sharing and trade not theft and war.

Love to all (most) lol

Dear friends, on CNN you'll see (if you choose) a very mysterious plane crash.

You might recall boeing , raytheon, bae systems & others have been developing (testing?) Laser & plasma based weapons. Not to mention CNN reported tractor beams are also underway. Truly the year of star wars.

That said, let's slap CNN on wrist for ignoring obvious & never asking quite the right question about aerospace accidents.

How many planes & shuttles need to fry before hacking & lasers are taken seriously, not to mention the more exotic radio weapons.

Those who pray please do say grace for the bereaved

CNN reports that 20 aircraft in more than 10 states & US territories were struck by visible lasers Wednesday night, including conmercial craft.

Not sure where my thread on all the rocket mishaps has gone, but wanted to share:


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SpaceX set for historic Florida launch

By Amanda Barnett February 17, 2017 17:13PM EST
SpaceX will return to the space program's historical roots for its Florida launch this weekend.

The private space firm is scheduled to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the international space station on Saturday. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:01 a.m. ET with a backup launch time of 9:38 a.m. ET Sunday.

The spacecraft, called the Dragon, is packed with more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and experiments. It will be launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Launch aborted and delayed:

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Was interesting to read, thanks. Today there are a multitude theories about how we can make Mars more livable. A lot of scientists talk about colonization of Mars no later than 2020. Now it sounds like smth unreal but who knows. I read that NASA began sending probes to the planet surface to better understand the planet in the early 2000's. Hope that one day we will send the first human visitors to Mars indeed.

kellyon wrote:Was interesting to read, thanks. Today there are a multitude theories about how we can make Mars more livable. A lot of scientists talk about colonization of Mars no later than 2020. Now it sounds like smth unreal but who knows. I read that NASA began sending probes to the planet surface to better understand the planet in the early 2000's. Hope that one day we will send the first human visitors to Mars indeed.

Hey there, thank you so much for your opinion & feedback, good info!

Yes, unfortunately when we approach a partially devastated planet like Mars, our attitude as scientists needs to be one of extreme caution.


In my opinion, we need a lot of robotics deployed first, so that the Habs can be safely built without any of the awful drama in that recent NASA film about Mars survival!

It is a tiny bit weird that robotics have not gone farther as pertains to space, it's almost as if there is a treaty allowing nothing beyond remote control.


If nasa etc are interested in actually making a base there, we are going to need cybernetics, things able to survive and peaceful enough to hand over the reins.


But if they have been told not to deploy Ai or robotics onto neutral planets, this would increase mission mortality and set us back horribly for many years.
Edit: we could use drones from a Mars orbit.

There is footage of astronauts cussing at ufos etc on youtube, iirc, using two channels with ground control to eliminate public awareness of what was actually said and seen.

Maybe Douglas Adams was right and to ETs we are completely irrelevant, Mostly Harmless indeed!