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My point is that we have more critical concerns here on earth. China is already a global threat to control of the oceans as are other bad actors. We've already seen what can happen to the economy when trade routes are blocked or choked. This planet is 75% water and is the medium in which global trade travels. No amount of airplanes or spaceships will ever achieve what shipping does. Yet our Navy is severely depleted and in disrepair. We lack the ability to maintain our current submarine fleet and surface ships. We need new and upgraded ports and facilities not just for our Navy, but for commercial shipping as well. We need to embark on a building program comparable to what was done for WWII. Think of the jobs that would provide for those engineers, welders, fabricators, the steel industry and on and on. That will take an extraordinary amount of money and time. Right now the world is a tinderbox as in the 1930s, and we're running out of time to be prepared for when the SHTF. I believe that will happen long before the moon or Mars are colonized. We need to keep the oceans open now. Solve that, and then we can talk about manned deep space exploration.

Uh, Trailrider...NASA has a lot of money already invested in this project. From an NPR article: "In addition to private investment, SpaceX has won around $4 billion in contracts from NASA to develop Starship into a lander that can put astronauts on the moon." "They have a lot of money now from the government specifically to do this," says Lori Garver, former NASA deputy administrator and author of the forthcoming book Escaping Gravity, about NASA's relationship with commercial space companies. "I think those deep pockets will serve them well through a test program."

I don’t know about a legal requirement, but there’s usually a guardian, trust or conservatorship etc. that receives and distributes the money. Nonetheless, it’s my understanding a minor can’t buy certain properties like cars or real estate without some entity or guardian signing off.

Nope. I just look at the radar on the NOAA website.

My priorities are a bit different. We know less about what lies under this planet’s ocean than we do about outer space. There’s more useful stuff to be discovered down there for less money than what’s on the moon.

I had a PT 19 like the one in the film with the Cox .049 engine. Crashed it a lot early on. Thank goodness for the rubber band assembly. This kid had a really cool dad. Drove a Corvette and flew a real Comanche…!

After burning thru somewhat more than a few billion $$$, they might be able to achieve what was done back in the 60s. Yes, I have an opinion.

That tractor’s got nothing on this margarita machine. Saw this at a liquor store a few years ago.

Dang, I hope not! My eyes, my eyes...!!!

That's nerdy right there, I don't care who you are.

I'm in.

Hijack alert!! Ok, so the M-79 was deemed obsolete as a stand-alone weapon and also not versatile enough, so it was combined with the AR platform to make the M-203. But now, the M-203 is obsolete and they're going back to a stand-alone weapon with an improved version of the M-79 with the M-320? I don't get it.

Looks like a scene from the movie “Fargo”…

Is that an MG-42? And is that Aaron Rogers preparing to fire on the defensive line?

That link didn’t work for me, maybe this one will?

Here’s what 4014 looked like without photo enhancement/illustration while in Kansas City 9/21. An amazing and beautiful piece of machinery.

That doesn’t look like “The Gay Caballero” movie I saw way back when…

Our area is lousy with them. Never seen anyone pedaling. They ride them at motor scooter speeds on sidewalks and paths. They aren’t bicycles, they’re mopeds, like the Hondas of 1960s. Never saw anyone pedal those either.

I’ve got one of those with oak leaves…

I've always been a fan of Raymond Lowey designs like this one for the Pennsylvania RR. Henry Dreyfuss designed the other locomotive for the New York Central RR.

American Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu divorced her parents at the age of 17 because they were using millions of $$$ of her money for themselves.

Safety razors were invented for a reason. In my hands, it would take me 45 minutes to shave and I’d probably still look like Raymond Massey in Arsenic and Old Lace. Besides, shaving to me is a chore, so the quicker the better. A barber I went to used one to trim the back of my neck and around the ears. He was very skilled with it. That was over 50 years ago. Since the whole AIDS thing came on the scene decades ago, I don’t think their use is allowed anymore in Kansas without specialized protocols and training. Translation - too expensive for too little demand.