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Are you suggesting that the government should interfere in the free markets and stop water companies being sold to foreign enterprises for some sort of spurious "good of the people" / "national interest" reasons ?
Good God man, this is only drinking water were talking about not something vital like a merchant bank
>Saudi Arabia is spooked by Iran, a lesser extent Iraq. 48 Billion & 8.4% of GDP, is highest GDP. But seems disproprotionate
Saudi Arabia is spooked by the problem of people not being able to buy oil in US $.
That's why they have to find a way of returning USD to the USA to keep the global economy running - they do this by buying vast numbers of M1 Abrams that are never going to be used.
>However I do have a 7.65mm Parabellum that I would like to deliver personally. A gift of sorts, should he try to run in 2024...
Careful, that sort of talks is going to come to the attention of No Such Agency
Remember to balance it with "Hang Mike Pence" to show you a proud God-fearing Patriot
> Virgin are doing something new, using air-breathing jet engines to add height and (crucially) speed to a payload.
Pegasus have been doing it for 25+ years.
It adds very little speed and none of it vertical
It adds 40,000ft, out of 100km, height - not enough to allow you to optomise engine nozzles for vacuum
It's main advantage is that you can launch from regions like LA, where they wouldn't let you set off a rocket, and you can get above local weather to some extent.
Haven't followed the Bearded Ones "efforts" so much
Does this air-launched vehicle have any path to actually being orbital?
There is a big difference between boosting a rocket cockpit to 80km before dropping back and doing 10km/s sideways to actually orbit
>Things Nasa does better that private companies:
>1) Toilets
nasa-just-sent-new-23-million-space-toilet-international-space-station
Replacing a CEO with a cartoon character has a lot of advantages
Lower salary costs, no need for private jets, no embarrassment when they take a private jet to beg for bailouts / to promote being environmentally friendly.
Greatly reduced incidence of sexual harassments (except Roger Rabbit)
Reduced chance of racist outburst (except early tom+jerry)
Less likely to do something stupid in public destroying the company (except W.E. Coyote)