And all of that fuel equals, maybe, the rocket expenditures of the US Military in an average year or two.

China has built the equivalent of New York City every year for the last 20 years. That is a movement of resources exponentially beyond what we’re talking about here. A ten million ton generation ship, a vehicle 20,000 times bigger than the ISS, is a pittance compared to that.

I dig your crushing cynicism.

Truth. Even though 2/3 of the MiB:TS episodes ended with a deus ex machina (sometimes literally), that show was solid.

Arguing over the capitalization of “bacteria” is not only hairsplitting, but has crossed the border into Grammar Nazi Germany (which speaks perfect English (not German), not to split hairs).

If you’re talking about superluminal or faster-than-light travel, sure. That may be as impossible as Einstein said it would be.

I’d suggest Hamilton Nolan, but while he has the ability to see the SV bullshit, he’s not anywhere near good enough of a writer to pull this off.

You’ve never dealt with them, have you? Properly run is not quite how I’d describe them. “Lucky to have found themselves in the middle of somebody else’s innovation” is more accurate, though wordy.

Yep, though that specific S-IVB is being prepared for attachment to a S-IB as part of a Saturn IB stack, as opposed to the wider larger S-II used in a Saturn V.

sssshhhhh! BTW, it’s nice to know Shang Tsung is still getting work.

Pay for specialty channels? It’s on Amazon Prime, which a lot of people have already for the free 2 day shipping and (on some things) even same-day delivery. This was literally a free bonus for something I was already paying for.

Yeah, but the show strongly infers that Germany had access to *something* which set them apart from even the Japanese. Whatever it is, its’s connected to the origin of the films. It might have been the films themselves. Being able to see the future would be a bigger advantage than a nuclear weapon.

Yes, that’s hella illegal under multiple laws. Actually, as a rule, any blanket refusal that bars larges swaths of the populace before you’ve even met them is illegal. Even in the south.

Some employers maybe disinclined to hire veterans for personal reasons, but they’re more than drowned out by the piles of cash the government will give you if your hire one. The feds will basically pay for the vet’s first few months (IIRC, it’s been a while, but $10K+ was on offer).

Right, “friends”...does your girlfriend who lives in Canada (and totally, actually exists) also support your claim?

I agree with this post, except...the F-35 really hasn’t run that wild compared to the F-22 and especially the B-2. It’s no more delayed than those programs were, and costs have blown up by half compared to the Raptor (which was originally envisioned to cost ~$50-60 million in current dollars, vs $210 million in…

Ass-backwards statement. Socialized healthcare actually costs less than what the US pays for its private system.

You’re talking out of your ass. If you ask a Marine what they’d prefer supporting them in the air, they’ll tell you they want a Marine. USMC doesn’t fly A-10, doesn’t want to fly A-10, so it falls into the category of “I’ll take it if it’s available” just like the F-16, B-1 and F-15.

You’re losing it. This particular sentence is exceptionally poorly researched: