President Trump

[Belz...]

I heard on NPR this morning that President Elect Trump will be having a press conference on 12 Dec 2016 to detail his plans to remove himself from his companies before his inauguration.

I thought he didn't actually have to, legally. So this would be merely a PR move?

 

[The Greater Fool]

What short of selling them and placing the proceeds in a blind trust would accomplish that? We're talking about buildings with his name plastered on them. You can't pretend you don't know what property you own.

As we won't get details (or likely even a hint) until 15 Dec 2016, we have no answers.

I would suspect that his supporters will accept nothing as adequate, while his detractors will accept nothing as adequate. [careful: wordplay]

 

[NoahFence]

Imagine a tenth of that going to NASA.

We'd have been on Mars 10 years ago.

 

[Belz...]

We'd have been on Mars 10 years ago.

I believe that Neil Degrasse Tyson, one of the coolest dudes on the planet, said that a single year of Defense budget is more than the 50 year running budget of NASA. The mind can only dream about what we could achieve if the rest of the population dreamed, too.

 

[Jrrarglblarg]

The Iraq war alone cost something like a thousand years of NASA budget.

 

[Belz...]

The entire Apollo project would cost under 200 billion in today's money.

 

[acbytesla]

Imagine a tenth of that going to NASA.

I imagine it going to transit systems, bridges , energy research, better education and housing.

 

[Belz...]

I imagine it going to transit systems, bridges , energy research, better education and housing.

That's the other 90%.

 

[Jrrarglblarg]

I imagine it going to transit systems, bridges , energy research, better education and housing.

At some point before it was "over" I calculated the cost of Iraq would have paid to rebuild every outdated bridge and overpass in the entire US.

Twice.

And that doesn't count Afganistans cost.

 

[Andy_Ross]

I imagine it going to transit systems, bridges , energy research, better education and housing.

Why do you hate America?

 

[acbytesla]

That's the other 90%.

Sorry, no way would I spend that ten percent on NASA. Maybe 1 percent. I'm all in favor of a healthy science and research budget but NASA would be way down on my list. I'm far more interested in Inner Space than Outer Space.

Richard Feynman was right on when he said there was "plenty of room at the bottom". We should be spending much more on nanotechnology and subatomic particles then missions to Mars or radio telescopes. I'm far more interested in the development of graphene, silicene, carbon nanotubes, Thorium and Fusion. Those things are much more likely to solve global warming and the other issues facing humanity than the stars and planets do.

 

[Belz...]

Sorry, no way would I spend that ten percent on NASA. Maybe 1 percent. I'm all in favor of a healthy science and research budget but NASA would be way down on my list. I'm far more interested in Inner Space than Outer Space.

NASA does plenty of Earth science research, by the way, including work on global warming.

 

[Spindrift]

Sorry, no way would I spend that ten percent on NASA. Maybe 1 percent. I'm all in favor of a healthy science and research budget but NASA would be way down on my list. I'm far more interested in Inner Space than Outer Space.

Richard Feynman was right on when he said there was "plenty of room at the bottom". We should be spending much more on nanotechnology and subatomic particles then missions to Mars or radio telescopes. I'm far more interested in the development of graphene, silicene carbon nanotubes, Thorium and Fusion. Those things are much more likely to solve global warming and the other issues facing humanity than the stars and planets do.

NASA is the National Air and Space Administration. Inner space is before Outer space in the title.

 

[acbytesla]

Why do you hate America?

I didn't think I did.

 

[Belz...]

I didn't think I did.

He's parodying the far-right every time someone suggests that the military budget should be cut somewhat.

NASA is the National Air and Space Administration. Inner space is before Outer space in the title.

"Aeronautics". Not "air". Same difference, mind you.

 

[Spindrift]

He's parodying the far-right every time someone suggests that the military budget should be cut somewhat.



"Aeronautics". Not "air". Same difference, mind you.

You are correct. I messed up.

 

[Belz...]

You are correct. I messed up.

Say 20 hail Sagans before going to bed tonight.

 

[Fast Eddie B]

You are correct. I messed up.

Easy mistake.

It is The National Air and Space Museum, after all.

 

[acbytesla]

NASA does plenty of Earth science research, by the way, including work on global warming.

Yes it does and I am not trying to minimize that. Still, I would funnel more money to NREL, DARPA-E and University Research departments. Also there is a huge problem in making the jump from promising laboratory breakthroughs to actual product development.

 

[acbytesla]

He's parodying the far-right every time someone suggests that the military budget should be cut somewhat.

I knew.