“Economic Anxiety” is becoming a dog-whistle just like everything else. I’ve seen it used so so many times to indicate “well if the liberals would just stop supporting minorities and make white people feel superior, maybe they’d win more!”

Now its just a matter of time until they realize that Trump is the only one to whom this stuff doesn’t stick...

As a long-time Bungie fan who tuned out when it was revealed that Destiny was an massively-multiplayer title... I hope they manage to do something single-player focused one day again. (Probably too much to hope for though)

A more powerful government helped me get back on my feet when I was down and become a productive, healthier tax-paying person later.

Already starting today.

Its a study, they’re not saying they’re doing this for sure. More of a “Well, thats... interesting, we’ll get back to you on that.”

Or for the vacation. Its just kind of... mandatory unpaid time off.

Its the far more insidious possibility. Its unofficial and only requires the authorities to look the other way, while our leaders wink and hint at what “should be done.” Showing up at the door of their target in the middle of the night, they’re sending the message that “there is nobody to help you.” before they even…

The fear there is one I remember from election night, that taking a break might make the inevitable avalanche of bad news even more of a sickening surprise.

Who is trading anything? All the nominees are getting through, and no Republican will break ranks to vote against them, let alone enough to make a difference. They are not working in good faith, they will not repay this nor any other gesture, they’ll take it and laugh at your spinelessness.

They’re already working on laws to make boycotts they don’t agree with illegal.

One difference between the C and D versions is that the regenerative cooling (which formed the traditional rings around the nozzle) moved from tubes to a channel wall design which results in a smooth exterior appearance. The design is simpler to manufacture and somewhat more robust, running the cooling fluid around…

A large number of the team members are leaving at once. The game’s development continues, but basically a bunch of people quit.

NASA considered a similar design for a Mars Transfer Vehicle’s habitat. Once the departure burn was complete, the whole spacecraft would go into a rotation about one of it’s axis. Not full 1G acceleration, but a dang bit better than 0G for the entire trip (though apparently thats ok).

If he holds out a few more years, Crew Dragon or Starliner would be a much more interesting way to visit the ISS... And only a max of 2.5G during ascent!

Actually, the shuttle-as is was capable of taking the whole tank to orbit! A little trajectory tweaking and you’d just not dump it before you reach orbit.SLS will be similar in that its only being suborbital as a disposal measure, the core has enough energy to reach orbit (even with payload!).

It may be related to the way that ACES, unlike Centaur, is the full 5m or so width of the rocket, allowing much more volume. Also the common-bulkhead construction further increases volume.

2018 is the date they’re supposed to report to congress on what they’ve done, not to have the whole thing finished and ready to go.

The module would likely first see use around in cislunar space, being occasionally visited. It would be the perfect testbed for more advanced radiation shielding and other systems that we know how to use in Earth orbit, but haven’t had to use outside of Earth’s magnetic field.

This is seed money to start things moving. NASA is already investigating possible commercial partnerships with companies like Orbital ATK, Boeing and Bigelow to get proposals for what the habitat could be.