Well, I'm not a registered NY Times reader, so I haven't read the article, but I believe that you would be talking about Senator Barbara Mikulski, from...
... by ... That would depend on the range from ground zero to the target device. EMP or Electromagnetic Pulse is a current that has been induced in a circuit....
... article, ... Mikulski, ... Institute ... Ah so. I figured there was politics behind this, but didn't know what they were. :) Wired has an article on this...
... Ahh... so it's simply induced current. I've read things that made it sound like some kind of non-electrical thing - but frequently the "expert" then went...
... a hard science viewpoint you can't beat a human on the ground. I'm an ecosystem modeller specialising in large oceanic systems (mostly around Australia)....
... Mars. And ... I am certainly not against space exploration. I just happen to believe that the time is not yet right for a manned expedition to Mars....
... Remember that it requires an alternating magnetic field to produce the current. A static magnetic field (what you want in a reactor) will not be very...
... And never mind that compared to the road toll, or even the number of drownings in a year the cost is, and would remain, very small. -- Rupert Boleyn...
G'day, ... Actually there's a helluva a lot in common. Getting approval for a manned mission to the unknown parts of our oceans is damned hard and the guys...
... Dear Martin, I'm sorry, but that is a mistaken notion. While it is motion that induces the current flow(the pulse past a conductor) and motion is usually...
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On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 5:07:44 PM, Bradford Holden < ... Sure -- but Hubble is already up there, and if we can *economically* (the exact definition of that...
Patrick, With all due respect, you are correct, but so am I. I may not have been as precise in my terminology, but what happens is that the current is...
... I do not think that NASA has the resources to run JWST and HST at the same time. JDEM is a partnership between NASA and the Department of Energy, and the...
... of ... In terms of absolute fatalities, certainly, in terms of the percentage of the pool of participants, certainly not. The two shuttle disasters...
... degree ... lot ... is a ... probably ... more ... Remarkably, although shuttle launches became an almost non-newsworthy item, space travel itself still...
... I remember a bitter scene in the classic movie APOLLO 13. Lovell's wife becomes upset when she realizes that while her husband is flying in an honest to...
... I understand basic Electric Generators, which require: 1 - a Magnetic Field 2 - A Conductor 3 - Relative Motion twixt the 2.... The Thrust of my question...
... Fission Piles don't USE magnetic fields except in any electric motors that are included in the package.... You would be corrcet in regards to a "fusion"...
... One might argue that NASA does its best to make every manned space mission a boring event, if by "boring" you mean "nothing unexpected happens", since in...
1. per the NYT article it would cost as much to mate a rocket to Hubble to safely deorbit as to do the service mission 2. the astronaught corps might agree to...
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yes but the Federal budget doesn't use accrual accounting scott ... From: Andrew & Catherine To: sfconsim-l@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004...
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Just got the page layouts for section 1 back for proofing. The entirety of the AV:T quickstart (with nearly 30 illustrations) is 10 pages. Anyway, back to the...
... Isn't there suppose to be a neener-neener-neener in there somewhere.... -- Bradford Holden "It is the Casablanca of dystopias!" - A. McDaniel on _We_ by...