* Posts by donaldinks

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Ex-Soviet engines fingered after Antares ROCKET launch BLAST

donaldinks

Re: Depressing

"One of the AJ-26 engines set to launch with a future Antares rocket has failed during testing at the Stennis Space Center on Thursday. Sources claim the engine “exploded” on a Stand located in the E Complex at the famous rocket facility. The failure is currently under evaluation, although it may delay the next Antares launch that is tasked with lofting the the ORB-2 Cygnus to the International Space Station (ISS)."

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/05/antares-aj-26-engine-fails-stennis-testing/

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"The simple design and unique technological approach eliminates exotic materials and complex manufacturing processes, making the engines easy to operate and maintain. The dual AJ26 main engine system provides Orbital Sciences Corporation’s AntaresTM vehicle with better performance at a more affordable cost than existing engines in its thrust class.

The engine was designed by renowned gas turbine design bureau, JSC Kuznetsov, located southeast of Moscow. Aerojet Rocketdyne modernized a gimbal block for thrust vectoring capability, gimbaling feedlines, new wiring harnesses and electrical circuitry, electromechanical valve actuators and instrumentation."

http://www.rocket.com/aj26

I am not blaming "Russian technology", per se...

however,

what I am saying is this, that Orbital Sciences Corp. bought outdated technology and "modified" it to "create"(quote from their own website...)

"...a more affordable cost than existing engines in its thrust class."

My simple point is the following:

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

Cloud computing is FAIL and here’s why

donaldinks
Thumb Up

Re: Agree

You have summed it all up quite succinctly, sir.

BRAVO, for speaking TRUTH.

Activist investors try forcing Google to pay more taxes

donaldinks

Re: Interesting

Interesting rant, Mr. Don Jefe.

I will describe your attitude, condition and demeanor

(AND your rant)

with one apt word:

MEGALOMANIA.

I know it when I see it, through my 62 years of travels within corporate circles,

and around all those that "believe" that they "rule the day".

Those days, however, are drawing nigh:

for you and your ilk have WELL overplayed your hand in life.

LIFE simply does NOT chart upon a straight upwards curve on a corporate rate of profit,

but rather: it runs in a full circle.

What goes around...eventually COMES around.

Today, I am quite blessed and thankful I am not YOUR arse.

Stephen Hawking: The creation of true AI could be the 'greatest event in human history'

donaldinks
Mushroom

Re: Oh dear

"There's a possibility that it was the Neanderthals who invented the axe, and sharing that invention led to their ultimate extinction."

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"At least one-fifth of the Neanderthal genome may lurk within modern humans, influencing the skin, hair and diseases people have today, researchers say."

http://www.livescience.com/42933-humans-carry-20-percent-neanderthal-genes.html