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                              ACTION CHAIN LETTER 8: Fast Forward Future/Rewind Roswell

                         by Richard DePersio, former museum educator (amongst other things)

HeadNote (opposite of Footnote):

Companion piece to "(a.k.a. Countdown to "Goodbye") and "Epilog to Supplement to

Addendums." Now part of same post.

 

We will "Fast Forward to Future"when the rocket fuel arrives...

 

How's about a...

PREFACE?...You got it...PREFACE: We will start off by repeating our favorite quote.

                      "Your profession is not what brings home your weekly

                        paycheck.

                       Your profession is what you are put here on earth to do with

                       such passion and such intensity that it becomes a

                       spiritual calling."

                       (with profound thanks to our neighbor and friend)-Vincent van Gogh

(who might have had A.D.D. - a condition in its fullest wouldn't begin to be defined

until 1960s; he did cut off his ear and gave it to a prostitute, telling her that it would

be worth money some day - no connection between A.D.D. and ear-cutting).

 

What is my motivation? In search of a small legacy. Disabled and homebound. Very

much want to make a small difference. Don't have the other legacy. It is deeply

important to me that you read what I compose; I wish that you would supply me

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a month and a half ago. Declined. Doing everything possible to reconnect. Prospect:

Failure. Professional Alternative: We endeavor to present stories that others are

and aren't covering from a unique perspective. Should we continue our efforts. We

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you but like fine wine this article gets better with 'age.'

 

ARTICLE PROPER (nota bene' - rocket fuel has not yet arrived):

(How's about some economics?...Sounds good to me...Me, too...Fine, let's go with

some economics).

       A recent Congressional Budget Office report indicates that Obama-Care will cost

$1.4 trillion - 100 billion higher then their previous estimate. Most expects maintain

that this is a gross under-estimate. Some of our proposals are original; in the case of

negating Obama-care, we had a proposal in one of our "Action Chain Letters" endorsing

the idea of others in this regard. We have a crisis: Our debt will reach $16 trillion on

October 1! We can't offord a program that is borderline socialistic and plants the seeds

for socialized medicine. Socialist countries like U.K., Canada and France are moving

away from failed socialized medicine while Obama is moving us toward it. We want to

improve our healthcare - already the best in the world - with capitalistic solutions which

won't cost taxpayers one red penny! We're talking about: competition - allowing a

health insurance company to compete in more then one state - - that will bring down the

cost of premiums; allowing small- and medium-sized companies to form health

associations which would enable more companies to insure their employees and enable

employees to pay more of the cost of healthcare; tort reform.

      The latest predictions from most pundits are: The Chinese economy will surpass ours in 2020; India will

top China in 2050. Can America remain number one? We'll address this important question

momentarily.

      The two events that weakened the dollar: The creation of the Federal Reserve Bank in

1913 and Nixon taking us off of the international gold standard in 1972. In 1913, a dollar bill

was backed by $.40 worth of gold - today: less than a penny! Inflation has been more of a

problem since 1972, less of a problem between 1913 and 1972 and even less of a problem

most years prior to 1913. While the administration maintains that inflation is about 1%. Smoke and

mirrors: they aren't including the dramatic rise in the cost of food and energy in determining the

figure. Recently, we estimated that inflation was 20% (what cost 80 cents 10 years ago now cost $1).

We are proud to report that an economist on FoxNews (viewers: 40% conservative, 40% moderate,

20% liberal; America: 40% identify themselves as conservatives, 30% moderates, 20% liberals, 10%

don't know who they are and what day it is; Fox conservative-biased - no, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN,

MSNBC, CNBC, PBS liberal-biased - yes) confirmed our figure of 20% (self-taught economist).

 

      Modern people: There has been an increase in recent years in the percentage of Americans

who believe in reincarnation; it correlates, in our estimation, to an increase in the number

of stupid Americans. If you live in a society that is pretty good or if your life is pretty good, you

want to be reincarnated. On the other hand, if the converse is the case, you want out and tend to

hope for heaven.

     All cells have  hollow microtubes which contain quantum information which is

measurable. A few neurologists are thinking in these terms: Neurons - nerve cells - the ones in

the brain might contain mind in their microtubes. If you have a cardiac arrest, mind leaks out.

If you are revived, info returns.

    Quantum Entanglement: Two protons form at the same time and separate; that can be a nano

separated or trillions of miles separated, one is spinning clockwise while the other is spinning

counter-clockwise, A changes spin and instantaneously B does likewise. Has Einstein speed limit -

the speed of light - been violated in the case of protons separated by trillions of miles; no, 'message'

from A to B instantaneous, it doesn't traverse the space between A and B. It would be like you

being in living room and then instantaneously in kitchen but you didn't walk from one room to

the other.

    Are brain and mind the self-same thing or does mind compliment brain? Could mind leave but

still be in instantaneous communication with brain. How does this relate to out-of-body experiences?

What does this have to do with economics?

    And what about this except in the broadest sense: A recent study indicates the women begin to

feel old at 29 while men do so at 56.

    Where is the rocket fuel for the 'Fast Forward'?

    Can America be saved?

PROPOSAL 41: We should consider returning America to an international gold standard. It would be

painful but it would prevent Federal Reserve Bank from creating 'funny money' and from borrowing

from foreign banks, especially, China (gov-owned banks), Japan and U.K.

Proposal 42: A visit to the "National Gold Bouillon Depository" inside of Fort Knox. Most people think

that we have gold at Fort Knox. The 'Depository' is where it is (?) located at the Fort put part of U.S.

Treasury Department. There was a scare in 1972; many people suspected that the 'Depository' was

empty and that the money had been transported to France. To allay fears, President Nixon dispatched

a few members of congress, a journalist, a cameraman and a chemist to inspect. It had never been

inspected by other then Treasury officials since it had been built in the 1940s. We are long over do for a

look-see. We might not like what we find! In a proposal in another "Action Chain Letter" we endorsed

the idea of auditing the Federal Reserve Bank. Again, we might not like what we found. It might

be detrimental to our nation's economic/financial health. We can't continue with our head in the

sand. Eventually, the bottom would fall out. The sooner we know the truth, the better.

 

     The real U.S. Constitution: Federalist/Constructionalist/Judeo-Christian/Capitalist; the bogus

progressive/secular/'living' constitution.

     The principle villains (in order of evilness): B. Obama, L. Johnson, F. Roosevelt, W. Wilson; the heroes

(in order): R. Reagan, C. Coolidge.

     The result: We went from being a religious/capitalist nation in the 1800s to a secular/socialist-capitalist

hybrid. Had it not been for R & C, we would have become a socialist or a socialist-communist nation.

It might still come to pass if Obama-care and Finance Reform (together nearly 1500 new regulations; most gov                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              regs are unnecessary and/or redundant and/or silly - and complying is very expensive! These two unconstitutional                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              bills will give gov control of over 20% of economy coupled with over 10% that it already possesses spells                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    socialism) aren't revoked.

     America's biggest enemies: debt; regulations; taxes. They force American companies to out-source,

built factories and expand factories in foreign countries and hire a foreign labor force and reduce

expenditures for R & D. The corporate income tax of 35% is the second largest in the world and the

capital gains tax is 20% - both discourage investment, inhibit factory expansion, truncate R & D, lessen

profits to stockholders and prevent large-scale hiring.

      A few months ago, we wrote about Oboma's 16th (in our judgement; we're keeping score) constitutional

crime: his 9-month moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico; a federal judge informed him that

his action was unconstitutional - he did what comes natural to him: he  disregarded U.S. Constitution

and the judge. We continued: He had the Import/Export Bank grant  loans to Mexican Oil and

Brazilian Oil - during the moratorium on U.S. companies - to drill in the Gulf and off of Brazil - - so

much for his environmental concerns - - - increased dependency by Americans on foreign sources

of energy is has priority. We were one of the first to report on this activity; now, months later, many

others are. (We hope to get a good grade by supplying "The facts - just the facts, ma'am"). Energy

bills are expected to quadruple over the next ten years due to his Al Gore/U.N./Cattle Fart/Hockey Stick

Graph/Lack of Peer Review/Global Warming-Pseudo-science Green Policies. Less we forget - and, we

nearly did - Obama's boss George Soros owns stocks and bonds in Brazilian Oil!

 

     Now Obama is claiming that there are too many tests, especially, national and state standardized

tests in public elementary and high school which is making school boring (we never found the classroom

conducive to learning and when we were younger considered the classroom the most boring place in

the Milky Way Galaxy). What might be his real motivation to frown on testing? Could it be that it

exposes incompetent teachers (virtually impossible for principals to fire thanks to teacher's unions) and

failing schools (difficult  to shut down after failing three years in a row and replaced with nothing or

a charter or a magnet as required by "No Child Left Behind" - courtesy, once again, of unions. We show

why all regular public schools should be converted to magnets and charters and why the problem with

regulars isn't a lack of funding in our soon to be world famous (?) "Action Chain Letters"). Obama is

a slave to unions (and GE {owner of NBC which was virtually an arm of the Obama campaign in 2008}

awarding it with gov contracts which had been earmarked for small businesses; GE was in a financial

free fall and he'll need their contributions for his reelection bid).

 

(DARPA {Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency} is part of the Department of Defense with some

of its projects secret. NASA was created in 1958; DARPA turned over its civilian research on space flight

to NASA in 1960. It doesn't pocess labs or research facilities but contracts with companies and

universities in order to work jointly on projects. Played a major role in creating GPS and Internet, mouse, stealth bomber

DARPA was created in 1957 in response to Sputnik: to prevent surprises like Sputnik from occurring

again and to guarantee U.S. military technological preeminence. Conventional military R & D projects focus

on short-term needs and requirements while DARPA goal is to transform military).

 

NASA and DARPA's "One Hundred Year Starship Project" started with a workshop and now is in

phase two: $1 million, 1-year study to create organizational structure with over two dozen futurists,

NASA specialists, sci-fi writers and educators (Obama did one thing right: he signed an executive

order in 2009 allowing greater cooperation between NASA and DoD). It will lead to phase three which

we last 100 years: developing and maturing technologies for interstellar travel.

 

NASA is planning a manned mission in 2025 to a near-earth asteroid (20X further than moon) the

size of a building in order to collect samples to return to earth in our continuing efforts to understand

the origin of the solar system.

 

Scientifically-illiterate Obama (his tutor was Al Gore) is still trying to cancel the "Constellation Project"

but stated that Orion could continue in limited form - as an emergency escape vehicle from the

ISS (International Space Station). Fortunately, NASA doesn't want to waste all the money spent on

Orion R & D for it is Obama who likes to waste taxpayer money. Recently, NASA and Lockheed Martin

unveiled the multi-purpose Orion prototype: Vehicle to carry astronauts to asteroid and, later, Mars (Obama

canceled moon; hopefully, it will someday be reinstated); vehicle to carry astronauts and cargo

to ISS if and when SpaceX's Falcon 9 can't fly (Falcon unmanned cargo-version is suppose to

begin operation in 2012 and manned-version in 2014; Orion will serve as back-up if developmental problems                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              cause those dates to be pushed back and after it becomes operational there could be periods when it is

unable to fly); emergency vehicle. Orion maiden orbital test flight is slated for 2013; it should be

flight-capable for mission to asteroid in 2016. Why will we have to wait until 2025? Obama

canceled Ares 5 Heavy-Lifter.

 

PROPOSAL 43: Waste not want not. Use Ares 1 and 5 R & D in developing new Heavy-lifter. Ares

rockets would have been operational between 2014-16. We stated in one of our "Action Chain

Letters" that Obama was behaving in a foolish manner wasting our $$$s  wanting to start a heavy-lifter project

from scratch. Capitalize on the R & D that taxpayers have already expended. The front runner

for a heavy-lifter: Orion- advanced-version Saturn third-stage-new and improved shuttle-type external fuel tank and

larger shuttle-type booster rockets (Our idea: Saturn S-N; NASA will be careful with a nuclear

stage and it wouldn't be fired on earth). Congress is allocating $1.2 billion for a heavy-lifter and

many in congress want to transfer most of over $1 billion Obama subsidy to SpaceX and

Virgin Galactic to heavy-lifter. We are opposed to virtually all subsidies to private/commercial

sector (see "Action Chain Letters" and Supplements). With over $2 billion, we could have

operational heavy-lifter in 2013 or 2014. We are still profoundly troubled by humiliation:

astronauts grounded save for dependency on Russia. We need to get back in the game...

 

Proposal 44: Look into feasibility of mating Orion with Atlas 5 or Titan-3. (Atlas 5

and Titan 3 were medium-heavy lifters; Atlas ending service this year while Titan in '96. Titan 4

was much more expensive. Atlas 1 short-lived ICBM was modified for our first manned space

program: Mercury; six one-man flights. The fifth in the Atlas series was an Atlas in name-only

having little in common with the engineering of predecessors. It launched the two known flights of

the semi-secret AF X-37B {possible shuttle replacement; see "Action Chain Letters" and Addendums}.

Time for anger: NASA has given a subsidy to United Launch Alliance to attempt to make it capable

of carrying astronauts and just cargo to ISS beginning in 2014. We say: Cancel the damn subsidy {we

won't share in dividends! Subsidy is a form of cooperate welfare unfair to taxpayers} and replace it

with a contract {thereby, making it more accountable to gov via NASA and would mean that it

would work more closely with NASA} and it might be human-rated by 2013 {reducing the length

of time in which we are dependent on Russian scheduling which could complicate our planning}

degreasing the length of our humiliation {our astro are grounded without those we beat - humiliated -

in Moon Race; one more thing: another form of subsidy - giving Atlas technology to Alliance!}).

 

 

Let's tell congress: we won't share in the dividends - take money from SpaceX and give to

NASA and look into Atlas and Titan (By the Bye, a member of the Atlas series launched

our Mercury astronauts and a Titan class member was used in Gemini Project). Give Alliance

contract or even better: rescind subsidies to SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Alliance, add funds to NASA's                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              heavy-lifter program of $1.2 billion. We are in favor of the commercial sector developing a space

capability but not at taxpayer expense other then NASA offering its expertise in an advisory

capacity and use of its facilities (the latter with a price tag attached). Why NASA is the only

component of fed gov that shouldn't be cut and why manned moon mission can help, in a

relatively inexpensive manner, solve our energy problem - did we wet your appetite? See "Action

Chain Letters" for answers (all modesty aside: they get better as you move from 1 to this one and

don't forget addendums).

 

Rocket fuel has arrived. We are complying with all regulations, including, making sure

that the  WARNING: CAUTION on tank is large enough for a blind person to see.

It's been awhile...

                         FAST FORWARD  FUTURE

We interrupt this article for a Special Bulletin: Fast Forward delayed due to icing. We

will 'Rewind Roswell' before we 'Fast Forward Future."

 

      After extensive research over many years, we have concluded that there is no

evidence for life, including, intelligent life in the cosmos. Machio Kaku not withstanding.

We said it a couple of years ago and it is worth repeating: "Kaku made a solar system;

Soros now knows what it is like to play god."

      We also pointed out: Kaku and other physicists sound like the scientific-version of

fundamentalist or  evangelical ministers when they preach their ideas (or should we say:

pseudo-scientific!?!). They even use the word 'believe' often when taking about scientific

concepts. Science is predicated on fact; religion is based on faith. You believe in a

religious idea while you except or reject a scientific proposal. Let's be professionals.

Do you remember the following addendum to the "Scientific Method"?: 1) Speculation

backed-up or not by math; 2) Still speculation after backed by math. if observations and

experiments couldn't be designed to prove or disprove it; 3) Once tests could be conducted,

it could be proven or disproved; if proven dozens of time - publish results in science

journal; 4) dozens of scientists over decades would conduct the same experiments, as well

as, similar ones; 5) If it withstood the test of time,it would be elevated to the status of widely

excepted theory; 6) After a century or more of tests it might receive the gold medal: fact.

More likely scenario: stopped on the tracks between speculation and widely-accepted theory.

Kaku and company: Mathematically-proven speculation is fact; they have effectively

short-circuited the process. Example: Multi-universes; even though by definition, they can't

be observed. Also math-proven: an electron can be in our universe and another universe

simultaneously. Math-proven: more then four dimensions. With statistics: life elsewhere in

cosmos. You get the pathetic idea. Science was once rigorous: math, observations,

experiments - must be conclusive. "Save the Phenomenon" - even ancient Greeks

realized that you can be far or close to depicting nature. You can be 99% certain that

this is how nature is doing a particular thing - it works - but you can't be 100%

certain nature is doing it that way. For thousands of years, billions of people

have let go of things and they fall; next time, though the odds are astronomically

against it, you might let go and it rises. Kaku talks with mathematical-certainty. One

wonders if you can prove anything mathematically. Most physicists wouldn't

want to think about the possibility: Could they prove the existence of God!?!

Reality: Plato's Word (perfect forms, concepts exist with perfect math in heaven)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     or Math. World; Physical World: substance; Mental World (Brain or Brain/Mind or

Soul). One world isn't enough.

      Trimurti or Great Trinity: One supreme god Brahman composed of three gods -

Brahma (creator), Vishnu (preserver) and Shiva (destroyer) not very important in three

of the four Hindu denominations (of course, Hindu believe in thousands of other

gods and goddesses) where it is rarely mentioned in Hindu writing. Saivism is

the exception. The supreme god is Shiva and there are the equivalent

of the three component gods; different names. An A.D.D. episode. What does it have to do with...

      Roswell...Little gray aliens from space not from Mexico trying to get

freebies (at tax payer expense: healthcare, education, social services;  committing

crimes, creating gangs, spreading disease).

      Having studied science extensively for many years, we have not seen concrete

scientific evidence for flying sauces and space creatures. Read books and books and

books; seen documentaries and documentaries and documentaries; gov docs.

     Our conclusions in synopsis form: 1) 25% - conclusions couldn't be

drawn due to insufficient data or unreliability of witnesses, hoaxes, possibly unknown

meteorological phenomenon; 2) 35% - mistaken identity: Venus, marsh gas, weather balloons,

earth-orbiting satellite, lighthouse, plane, blimp, spotlights,espionage balloons,ball lightning;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 3) 40% - black projects and related to black projects...

      When WW2 was coming to an end we got about 60% of Nazi scientists,

engineers and technicians (who wanted to defect), equipment, prototypes,

operational, test devices, stuff on the drawing board; Soviet Union got the

rest. Drawing board or being tested or operational: V1s (launched from

ramps - world's first cruise missiles - or dropped from planes), V2s (first

ballistic missiles), Jet (first), closed-circuit T.V. (first), remote-controlled

air-to-surface bomb (first), remote-controlled air-to-surface-missile with camera

mounted on it, rocket-plane (first, test phase), Vertical take-off and landing

plane (first, test phase), stealthy, delta wing-like fighter and bomber planes

(drawing board), saucer-shaped vehicle (drawing board), 'Bell' (drawing

board, new type propulsion - suction pulls up craft) and one wonders

if when we found out about these items many years after the war ended

if we were told about all the flying machines and weapons.

      Roswell: crashed starship and aliens or crashed espionage balloon

and dummies. Eventually, these balloons would be phased out due to

spy planes and spy satellites. Something else that we didn't know at the

time: the military was dropping those who had supported the New Deal

(dummies) from various altitudes for testing purposes. Of course, it

wasn't planned that balloon would crash on the same day as a dummy

test. What is preferable from the military perspective: people reporting

and describing what they believe are flying saucers or reporting on

secret X-projects (black projects)?

     We did know that shortly after the war ended that we fired captured

V2s, built and launched our own V2s and further developed them.

     It is reasonable to contend that U,S. military further developed and

tested Nazi technology secretly from late '40s to mid-60s (people in

a town in Pennsylvania in '65 saw an object crash, military quickly arrived

and retrieved; now we know about Nazi 'Bell' rewinding to '65 the

description from townspeople resembles the 'Bell').

    Isn't interesting that over 60% of U.F.O. sightings are near military

bases and airports.

    We didn't know it at the time but there were even more reports

of U.F.O.s in South America, especially, Argentina between the late

'40s and the late '50s (and we had plenty). It lends credence to the

notion that many Nazi government officials, military offices and

a few scientists escaped punishment for their evil by going

primarily to Argentina. Apparently, they were assisted by the

Roman Catholic Church on the ground that they felt communism

was worse than Nazism and that these devils might be needed in

the future! Who the hell died and made Catholics the boss!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Scanevidence    Scanty evidence seems to show that they went there

to develop new weapons in the hope of creating a Fourth Reich.

Question: If U.F.O.s can be attributed to them, why isn't

Argentina a military power? Comment: Werner von Bruan and

the gang were Nazis, wanted Hitler to win but were more

interested in developing technology for aviation and space travel;

they were far from rabid Nazis. They renounced Nazism, got

secret security clearance, became outstanding Americans, held

top positions at NASA and top civilian positions at'Area 51,'

Wright Patterson and other military installations were secret

work was and still is carried out. There are no gray bogey men.

Right, Altair 5?

 

Now, we are prepared to 'Fast Forward Future.'

     Most experts predict that more people will be flying rather than

driving by 2050 and that emergency vehicles will be at the

vanguard beginning in the early '40s. We think otherwise. NASA will

make the future arrive by 2035 not 2050. Why are we making this

prognostication? S.A.T.S.

     We are talking about mountain-going-to-mohaommad-level change

(too bad landslide didn't go to the moon-worshiper - crescent and star).

In 2008, 650,000 American civilians had certificates/licenses ranging from student

to airline pilot. Number would have rocket to millions. What

magical and unique gov org could play the largest role in pulling

something so    astronomically big off? You guessed it: our NASA!

     Problem: Saturation of highways and skyway systems - gridlock and

hublock.

     Solution: People getting high.

     Phase One: state-of-the-art (price will become price of car as demand

increases) piston (a.k.a. propeller) planes and jets which are simply to fly;

     Phase two: You can park in parking lot; wings vertical when parked,

horizontal for flying mode - vertical take-off and landing plane or jet, no need

for a runway;

     Phase three: car/plane or jet hybrid;

     Phase four: vehicle drives itself - you punch in destination or say it out

load (we're getting used to talking to machines...speak for yourself).

     Think about it: bumper-to-bumper traffic - you're hollering and giving

the 'finger!' Imagine a four-lane highway, a one mile stretch of it, flat surface.

Imagine it 2 to 6 miles up in three dimensions. Bumper-to-bumper becomes

cars separated by a half a mile or more. Couple this with advanced avionics

in your craft and accidents become a thing of the past! (Commercial jets fly

7 to 10 miles up).

     People forget that the 'A' in NASA stands for aeronautics. NASA has been

and is active in aeronautical R & D. One of its projects: S.A.T.S. (Small Aircraft

Transportation system) which is presently concerned with Phases 1 & 2.

      Congress funded NASA seed money of $9 million in 2001 and allocated

$69 million during 2002-2007 for proof of concept and viability. It was a

resounding success. Nobody does it better.

Funding has continued for the directive given NASA:

            A: Help nation new challenges in creating transportation system

which will help drive economic growth and wealth;

            B: Increase high volume at airports without control towers and

terminal radar facilities;

            C: Devise technologies enabling safe landings at more airports in

almost all weather conditions;

            E: Integrate S.A.T.S. aircraft into a high capacity air traffic control

system;

            F: Improve single pilot ability to function in national airspace.

    S.A.T.S. led by NASA is also comprised of F.A.A., state and local officials,

colleges and universities and U.S. aviation industry.

      (National Science Foundation doesn't have its own labs while NASA,

DARPA, National Institutes of Health, etc. do. They - other then NSF - conduct

their own research and issue grants to colleges and universities for independent

{with accountability} and collaborative efforts.

     We say gov should reduce amount of money spent on grants in light of debt problem

and encourage private companies to do more with colleges. NSF's original

mandate was for pure science - the acquisition of scientific knowledge for its

on sake, it often finds practical application later. It should return to that policy.

Let private industry do more in applied sciences for they will benefit. Subsidies to companies life

SpaceX are unacceptable. We hope NASA isn't giving SATS $$$ to aviation

companies who will profit from the manufacture of the finished products of

the program).

     There are 30 major airports and 3,400 small underutilized smaller airports.

We can reduce safety and congestion problems - highways (traffic jams) and airways (flight

delays, cancellations); crashes.

     While scope might be expanded in the future, NASA in SATS is focusing on

4-10 occupants, secondarily - 10-14.

      The railroad takes you to city you want or nearest city that you want; you then need

a car or a taxi to get to destination. Did you know that 98% of population lives

within 30 minutes of a small airport vs. an average of 4 hours to a major airport?

      Most smaller airports don't have - so put in plane: Communication, telemetry,

radar, GPS, 3-D display, etc. Most private pilots licenses are for seat-of-the-pants:

visual landmarks - problem when inclement weather appears. Encourage more

to be instrument savvy - higher-level license by making system much easier.

     Further, SATS is creating an approach to design, manufacture of safer more

affordable small aircraft with computer gauges replacing dial gauges which

reduce pilot workload; a standard that allows cost-effective replacement of

avionics equipment; ballistic parachutes like those employed in Apollo Project for accidents

caused by human error, mechanical failure, icing or airframe structural failure -

slows craft to a level descent; and more.

     Transportation on demand: point-to-point and scheduled. Save time and money.

Drive to small airport - fly or be flown to the exact town or city that you want to visit.

Eventually, you will be able to land in parking lot near building. Personal trips too.

Save time and money on out-patient visits and the delivery of small parcels.

    Everybody will be doing it, doing it, flying their own planes, in our airplanes. No

longer earthbound. Traffic jams a distant memory. The workload on major

airports lightened. Leave it to NASA to get us there sooner.

 

     Jeff Rosen, the New Republic, states: "You post a picture, blog post,

     chat...every snippet of us stays on net...forgiveness...reinventing

     oneself...new beginnings...tethered to past...posts can come back to

     haunt us...web means never forgetting."

Timid not. We never retract nor apologize. Respectful to deserving only. Free

speech. We don't mince words. Shoot-from-the-hip. Proud not to be liberal

P.C.

 

It was in that wonderful year 1880 that we remember so well that astronomers

first attached cameras to their telescopes and newspapers first published photos.

The first newspaper in the 'colonies' published in 1681. We were their in a

previous incarnation.

 

Does this represent our last original article? Shall we fade to black...

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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