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And that is the main draw of Mars, it has hydrogen in the form of water - so the water could be used for human use as well as creating rocket fuel. And water is pretty heavy. When he took over Twitter he tried to measure engineers' performance by how many lines of code they write, he even asked them for printouts or screenshots of "the most salient lines of code" they've written. This is when there are many, many engineers who are extremely productive writing few lines of code, and the very best ones even contribute negative lines of code. SpaceX and Tesla inspired many young, innovative engineers because of the clear vision the companies had, and thousands of them were worked to burnout making the companies successful, but the conditions are quite different at Twitter. Primarily the lack of a vision, or even a coherent business plan.

Biden responded to Trump's Major Announcement:

Marvelous. You must have had a good time noting events you now report are germane to the DB Cooper case ? 377 reports experiments with radios that may be germane to the Cooper case. JT reports he dropped ping pong balls in the Washougal and they all flowed to guess where - Tina Bar! Dr Edwards reports Fermi etal developed statistical prediction models developed at the Univ of Chicago which might be germane to the Cooper case. And TK's SEM is broke so the TiSb particle cannot be confirmed as being an alloy while NickyB says it is anyway. TK also reports that the Cooper money was "buried" in the Spring. The 'boing' effect may be key to the Cooper case. https://www.google.com/search?q=the+sound+boing+boing+boing&ei=_ISfY9n2ENCmptQP0-6diAE&ved=0ahUKEwjZ5MmXjYT8AhVQk4kEHVN3BxEQ4dUDCA8&uact=5&oq=the+sound+boing+boing+boing&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIFCAAQogQyBQgAEKIEMgUIABCiBDIFCAAQogQ6CggAEEcQ1gQQsAM6BwgAELADEEM6DwguENQCEMgDELADEEMYAToMCC4QyAMQsAMQQxgBOgcIABCABBANOgoILhCABBDUAhANOgcILhCABBANOggIABAFEAcQHjoFCAAQhgM6CgghEMMEEAoQoAE6BAghEApKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQlyZYzzZglTpoAXABeACAAV-IAZwGkgECMTCYAQCgAQHIAQzAAQHaAQQIARgI&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:cd0535bb,vid:h-tyN6nZqYk

For those who are too young to get this: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+new+phone+books+are+here&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS910US910&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMiqKB6oP8AhXxk4kEHTMaCM8Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1536&bih=760&dpr=1.25#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:fefc0b2a,vid:kOTDn2A7hcY

Right, a reality check from "the midterms' red trickle was EVEN BETTER than the huge red wave I was predicting because 5D chess" person Yep, definitely grounded in reality. /s

The right wing is not known for subtlety or deep thought. It is always reactionary and judgmental. Always looking back and seldom forward is another strong trait. When most of the world is moving steadily away from your posistion I guess you begin to look for any victory you can grasp onto no matter how slippery it may be.

You must be younger than me. They were once very useful primary reference sources.

I was always curious why they put effort into sending us recycling material.

Some people are just too fuggin' stupid to learn anything. January 6 defendant arrested for allegedly planning to kill FBI agents who had investigated him

Not instead; do both. Piloting will make you more money than being a skygod.

It's mostly staying on the science -- let's keep it there. Wendy P.

It's an interesting topic. The last couple of years I've been doing a psychology degree with a minor in criminal psychology and as a result some of my views have changed. I think that we should be trying to rehabilitate people and from what I can see there is very little evidence that prisons work. In cases where there is no chance of rehabilitation I think it should be an option. However the US legal system appears to be totally dysfunctional and I'm not sure that it could be trusted to not have significant bias. A system that has the power to take life should be fair and get the same results regardless of wealth or race. It amazes me that politicians and policy makers disregard the scientific evidence regarding the treatment of crime and the causes of crime in order to appease public opinion. I can only speak for Western Australia, but our premier routinely brings out policy that the science shows is counter productive.

Thankfully this was balanced out in the 70s with Harold and Maude.

FWIW, I did not particularly like the way the article was written, either. I was more focused on the accomplishment from my alma mater. Did not intend this to become a political grenade. Mods, please move this to Speakers Corner, if appropriate.

I won't pretend to be any kind of expert, but my opinion is that it's a whole lot more complicated than that. What he pulled off with SpaceX and Tesla was super-impressive and I think he may have developed a bit of a 'God Complex' from having his previous successes in such challenging areas. The Musk of Twitter seems a dumpster fire to be certain, but I don't necessarily think that negates his past successes/contributions. I hope he'll be able to un-jump that shark, but I sure as shit ain't holding my breath

I'm not that kind of conservative. On the record as opposed to State executions. Willing to listen and observe the assisted suicide discussion. I sit on a Veteran's committee that works on reducing the number of veteran suicide's (22/Day) and am a proctor of the Spartan Pledge. So, I may have some cognitive dissonance about the matter. Having said that, one that is terminally ill with cancer or some other sort of immense physical pain of which there is no cure and no end in sight . . .

From a YouTube comment: "Imagine paying $99.00 for a Trump superhero card, then complaining about the price of gasoline and groceries."

It's unfortunate that one effective way to discredit a stance is to have a clueless spokesman support it. Having bushy-tailed, bright-eyed youngsters convinced they are going to "save the planet," tends to dilute the work of people who actually have any idea about the fundamentals involved. Nitwits discussing the radiation heat transfer characteristics of the planet as though it was some kind of holistic exercise is painful to watch. One problem regarding the 'Climate Change' movement is that it has all the trappings of a religion. It is founded on beliefs ('the science is settled...'), is singularly intolerant of heresy ('deniers!') and cherry picks the 'data' used to support its system of belief. When someone comes up with claims of 'cold fusion,' 'perpetual motion' or whatever, physicists typically evaluate the claims using dispassionate challenges before rejecting the claims as unfounded. With 'Climate Change,' anyone who questions much of anything about it is labeled a 'troll' immediately, subject to scorn and abuse. P.A.s that would be be cause for being banned on much of any other topic are not only accepted but put forth by 'moderators.' When I run the numbers it appears that 'Climate Change' is a symptom more than a problem in and of itself. Systems optimization entails the use of a 'cost function,' and this cost function is not set in stone. The cartoon showing a home as seen by the homeowner, tax assessor, insurance adjustor, fire department and so forth is an example of this. The idea that there is one universal set of values regarding much of anything is fundamentally flawed, but is characteristic of most any religion. The conclusions drawn thereby are not necessarily wrong, but they may as well be. BSBD, Winsor

This is what boredom will do to a man...