I heard an interview on the radio a while back, with a biblical scholar who said as an interesting aside, that the people in his field almost invariably, after about 20 years of study would flip sides. Believers became more skeptical and skeptics became believers. Go figure, huh?
Believe, don't believe, refuse to decide due to lack of evidence or information ... unless you are some divine entity or in a state of conciousness without subject or object... what other position are you supporting/suggesting?
Maglev is very similar, and as an alternative for launching people it's an interesting idea. I love the space elevator because the idea and science are sound, but the problem of building it (the cables etc ) is still a major hurdle to cross.
My idea was strictly related to things and only...
If you were to combine the technology use for high speed monorails (the towers that hold the rails, supply the electro-magnetic energy only while the projectile is on the respective section of rail. As long as there is a pause to recharge between launches, it most definitely is feasible.
You can't send people via railgun, as the resulting g-force from the rapid acceleration would squish them. Also, it's, as of now, a bit tricky to re-aim. However, if you know where in orbit you would like to have a space station/platform, it would be virtually cost free (after building) to...
If the powers that be were more concerned with results than profit, many things would be possible. Inserting things into orbit with a solar array/battery powered railgun for instance. But it will not happen because the idea of not giving more money to big oil (rocket fuel) is anathema to our...
The amount of votes cast by "non-elector" citizens (popular vote), not potential votes.
I mostly agree, yet I still think Bernie would have won. Almost everyone who voted for Hillary would have voted for Bernie, as well as all of his supporters. Unfortunate that the inverse of that wasn't true...
The GOP keeps touting one person one vote. The electoral college is anathema to that idea. In the entire history of the US the electoral college has gone against the popular vote only five times, and every one of those were for the Republican candidate. It's time to do away with it. Our leaders...
I am finished with attempting to explain the simple concept of the OP. It is amazing however, the level of animosity that was brought on by my words. I noticed a problem, I wrote about it and then, aside from a few who actually read the post and even if they disagreed with me gave some...