On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 07:41 pm, Dan Minette wrote:
So, to get back to Damon's comments, let me ask a question. Why
should a
PR victory for a communist dictatorship elicit all that much interest?
It proves they can do more than subcontract the manufacture of shoes
and PC parts?
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Dan Minette wrote:
Take Antarctica, for example. 90+ years after humans first reached the
South Pole, it is still minimally inhabited. It is a vast continent,
supporting life; but it still has very little commercial value. Further,
there is no indication that 50 or 100 years from now, humans
The Chinese space agency just launched a man into Earth orbit. The
agency should be congratulated!
The taikonaut just returned Beijing safely. The entire process is very
successful.
This is good news, in that there may be more interesting crewed space
exploration over the next
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Robert J. Chassell wrote:
I had no idea that the US used those sorts of
numbers in their raids -
was this only after Okinawa was taken? Most of the
other airfields used
in the island hopping campaign were barely able to
support a squadron of
In the European theatre the 8th Air Force launched its
first 1000+ bomber raid in, I believe, late 1942.
After that they were fairly routine in Europe and, I
would assume, in Japan as well.
I can't find my copy of Len Deighton's Bomber at the moment, or my other
WWII books, so I can't look
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The Chinese space agency just launched a man
This is SO exciting, but its not getting much
coverage here at all :(
I wonder if that's because its a Chinese flight, or
whether its an illustration of the public's (or the
news media's) lack of interest in space exploration?
:(
Damon.
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According to http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A1057367 the
first 1000 bomber raid occurred in may 1942.
Damon.
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Damon Agretto
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html
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From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:34 PM
Subject: RE: Chinese manned space flight
This is SO exciting, but its not getting much
coverage here at all :(
I wonder if that's
So, to get back to Damon's comments, let me ask a
question. Why should a
PR victory for a communist dictatorship elicit all
that much interest?
Well, not much from the west, I suppose, because there
may very well be the idea of been there, done that.
When you're sending shuttles into orbit
Dan wrote:
So, to get back to Damon's comments, let me ask a question. Why should a
PR victory for a communist dictatorship elicit all that much interest?
Because now there is another major player, a potential rival of our country,
that is capable of independently putting a human being in space.
I wrote:
Subject: Re: Chinese manned space flight (Spoilers for At the Core
byLarry Niven
I swear, there really were spoilers for At the Core in the original draft
of this email...
:-)
Reggie Bautista
Changed Plans Maru
_
Fretting
(In World War II, the US used flights of 500 to 1000 manned
bombers to destroy 62 cities [in Japan] and two [more] flights of
one bomber each to destroy two more cities, using nuclear
weapons.)
Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] responded:
I had no idea
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Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Chinese manned space flight (Spoilers for At the Core by
Larry Niven
Dan wrote:
So, to get back to Damon's comments, let me ask a question. Why
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From: Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: Chinese manned space flight
(In World War II, the US used flights of 500 to 1000 manned
bombers to destroy 62 cities [in Japan
My apologies; I confused who wrote A hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Bob Dylan wrote A hard rain's a-gonna fall in 1963, not Joan Baez.
However, I may well have heard her sing it, but maybe not.
Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
In the European theatre the 8th Air Force launched its
first 1000+ bomber raid in, I believe, late 1942.
After that they were fairly routine in Europe and, I
would assume, in Japan as well.
They started before that, and were common (if not routine) throughout
much of the
The Chinese space agency just launched a man into Earth orbit. The
agency should be congratulated!
This is good news, in that there may be more interesting crewed space
exploration over the next generation. After the landing on the moon,
the US and the Soviet Union stopped interesting crewed
Addendum: I wrote
(In World War II, the US used flights of 500 to 1000 manned
bombers to destroy 62 cities and two flights of one bomber each to
destroy two more cities, using nuclear weapons.)
My apologies. I meant to say that the 64 cities were in Japan. I was
not counting US
Robert J. Chassell wrote:
Addendum: I wrote
(In World War II, the US used flights of 500 to 1000 manned
bombers to destroy 62 cities and two flights of one bomber each to
destroy two more cities, using nuclear weapons.)
I had no idea that the US used those sorts of numbers in their
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