tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post1488931589191623453..comments2023-12-19T09:40:12.020-08:00Comments on The Emoluments of Mars: A flattening curveexpathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-60050729785806713602018-05-13T09:26:14.540-07:002018-05-13T09:26:14.540-07:00It's worth noting that 90 years elapsed betwee...It's worth noting that 90 years elapsed between the train (1813) and the airplane (1903). Based on that, we aren't due for another leap forward until 2047, 90 years after sputnik.expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-38850749936198713442018-05-11T14:08:50.987-07:002018-05-11T14:08:50.987-07:00Grouping horses in with rockets under the banner o...Grouping horses in with rockets under the banner of "transportation technologies" might be interesting, but then trying to extrapolate a growth trend from them is arbitrary nonsense. Bara lacks the discipline to understand that.<br /><br />Not content with showing his stupidity to all, he compounds it by claiming that a lack of a transportation breakthrough means that there has been one and it's been hidden. Genius. That takes a special level of stupid. Perhaps this is how he convinces himself he has scores of women admirers - look at them all, hidden!Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-33920568296584992542018-05-11T06:40:00.990-07:002018-05-11T06:40:00.990-07:00David: Yes, there are a number of anachronisms in ...David: Yes, there are a number of anachronisms in that diagram. I wasn't even going to get into that. Thanks for your comment.expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-84868680521710052202018-05-11T06:16:57.210-07:002018-05-11T06:16:57.210-07:00His curve for the rocket is ridiculously badly dra...His curve for the rocket is ridiculously badly drawn. It shows orbital speed reached in about 2050, while it was actually reached by Yuri Gagarin in 1961David Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590531184544289491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-18169875441556712542018-05-10T18:32:08.015-07:002018-05-10T18:32:08.015-07:00A similar analogy would be the speed of an ocean l...A similar analogy would be the speed of an ocean liner, which hasn't increased much in 100 years. I don't think a modern cruise liner can go much faster than the Titanic at full speed. There are natural barriers to speed on the water - in this case water resistance is the limiting factor. I wonder if Mike thought of ships when putting his chart together. Somehow I don't think so.Trekkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051630750074978974.post-36759146055770427652018-05-10T16:49:30.535-07:002018-05-10T16:49:30.535-07:00We've all see UFOs, changing course at high ra...We've all see UFOs, changing course at high rates of speed. That doesn't necessarily mean that they are ET or alien technologies, or Space NAZIs either, but if the US Government doesn't know precisely what they are, then we are all in deep, green cheese. I sure as shit hope that they are ours.THE Orbs Whipererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651754060614417385noreply@blogger.com