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Old 7th Dec 2019, 20:31
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...parental-leave

Donald Trump may get his space force – in deal for federal paid parental leave

Federal workers in the US seem set to be given 12 weeks of paid parental leave – in return for Donald Trump being given his cherished space force.

Speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, Democratic and Republican aides confirmed that leaders on Capitol Hill were nearing agreement in negotiations on an annual defense policy bill.

The agreement would trade a major expansion of benefits to federal workers for the president’s key legacy initiative. Federal workers can currently take unpaid leave.

The agreement is not finalized and comes after extensive behind-the-scenes battling on the annual defense measure, which has passed Congress every year since the Kennedy administration. Further details were not available.......

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...parental-leave

Donald Trump may get his space force – in deal for federal paid parental leave

Federal workers in the US seem set to be given 12 weeks of paid parental leave – in return for Donald Trump being given his cherished space force.

Speaking to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, Democratic and Republican aides confirmed that leaders on Capitol Hill were nearing agreement in negotiations on an annual defense policy bill.

The agreement would trade a major expansion of benefits to federal workers for the president’s key legacy initiative. Federal workers can currently take unpaid leave.

The agreement is not finalized and comes after extensive behind-the-scenes battling on the annual defense measure, which has passed Congress every year since the Kennedy administration. Further details were not available.......

Sounds like a win for every Federal employee, and a win for the United States.
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Old 8th Dec 2019, 19:33
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The sky’s the limit...
C’mon ORAC, you can do better than that.

To infinity and beyond!
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To the cinema and beyond!
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Old 15th May 2020, 18:07
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US Space Force flag unfurled in the Oval Office.

Space Force Chief Enlisted Advisor - with a very snazzy rank ensignia - told not to put POTUS's signature on eBay tonight !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4r5...ature=youtu.be
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With his super duper missile. Some one needs to be getting their coat.
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Old 16th May 2020, 21:07
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Shame the X-37B launch was scrubbed. Would have been a nice follow up.
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Old 16th May 2020, 21:19
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I was flicking between the ULA launch and the SpaceX test firing of a Starship and got zip from both.
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Originally Posted by RAFEngO74to09
US Space Force flag unfurled in the Oval Office.

Space Force Chief Enlisted Advisor - with a very snazzy rank ensignia - told not to put POTUS's signature on eBay tonight !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4r5...ature=youtu.be
Trump spurring them on...
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Old 17th May 2020, 13:29
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Well that’s the first launch for the Space Force, and the X-37B back in orbit.

https://spacenews.com/u-s-air-force-...sixth-mission/
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The experiment will convert solar power into radio frequency microwave energy which could then be transmitted to the ground.
Why not let the solar energy make its own way to earth and then collect it in a big, really big, I'm talking collectors the size you have never seen before, and take away the need for having a steerable antenna on the X-37B that has to direct the microwaves to a specific receiver. And gawd help any bird or plane that flies through that beam of energy going fast, really fast, 17 times faster than any energy that any president has ever tweeted about before. But perhaps there is another use for it - the Death Ray that can be aimed at Sleepy Joe or his bestest friend ever, whats'is name in Korea.
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Old 18th May 2020, 09:33
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And gawd help any bird or plane that flies through that beam of energy
Read the research. Receiver farm is quite large, no harmful effects on anyone passing through the beam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-...r_power#Safety
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a 10 km diameter area corresponds to 750 megawatts total power level. This is the power level found in many modern electric power plants. For comparison, a solar PV farm of similar size might easily exceed 10,000 megawatts (rounded) at best conditions during daytime.
So, if a solar array, of the same size as a receiver antenna for microwaves, is over 10 times more efficient than the microwaves, why bother?
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Old 18th May 2020, 16:08
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I see the Space Force launched it's first X-37B mission yesterday?
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I see the Space Force launched it's first X-37B mission yesterday?
Yep. Post #31 above.
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Old 16th Nov 2020, 08:09
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Old 16th Nov 2020, 08:16
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That thing they're carrying looks remarkably like one of the proposed SA80 replacements from 2000. ISD 2015. How's that coming along?
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Old 17th Nov 2020, 16:02
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So, if a solar array, of the same size as a receiver antenna for microwaves, is over 10 times more efficient than the microwaves, why bother?
The space-based system can have the generating satellite positioned so that it never falls into shadow and therefore sends power to Earth at all times. Energy price varies massively throughout the day and you make way more money selling at peak times. If you pair up the ground stations such that they are separated in longitude one satellite can switch from station A to Station B ensuring it is supplying the very highest demand areas and therefore selling it's energy at maximum price nearly 18 hours a day. A solar array has a much greater peak production but it tends to produce this at times when there isn't a high demand.
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The Marines been involved in Space warfare since the 1970s lol albeit led by an USAF Colonel Scott


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