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Yeah,
The NSF have plenty of dash err cash!
Take for example the IceCube Neutrino Observatory located at the
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, built over the years 2005
2010, and estimated to have cost $229 million. JJust getting the
parts (including those for the -hot water - drilling rig), to the
site kept their own private airline busy for years. God only
knows what else this fleet does, or where it does it!
Gary
PS As an aside, google âmurder at the south poleâ re the death
of Rodney Marks. What is of major interest is that although New
Zealand has legal jurisdiction here, the NSF was very easily able
to gag the NZ investigator, and also spirit Marksâ body away:
handy having you own fleet.
*From:* Aus-soaring [
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<mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au>] *On Behalf Of
*Mike Borgelt
*Sent:* Tuesday, 6 June 2017 3:15 PM
*To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
*Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Stem fields
LOL! I think you'll find that adding the Voodoo sciences is fairly
recent so that the mediocre don't feel too left out. aka "political
correctness". Shows the problems of letting an organisation like
the NSF define itself. It appears to be a US Federal government
body which doles out federal taxpayer funding to universities and a
few other bodies. OF COURSE they'll be as inclusive as possible.
Helps get more money by creating larger pressure groups.
I remember only a couple of years ago STEM generally was taken to
mean Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and social and
political science didn't count.
I make a small exception for psychology in that there is a
legitimate part of it that deals with human perception/reaction aka
human factors research which is what science/science fiction Jerry
Pournelle did at Boeing back in the 1950s. There was even a TV
series back in the late 50s about that sort of thing, "The Man and
the Challenge". It is on youtube.
Mike
At 02:02 PM 6/6/2017, you wrote:
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) definition of *STEM* fields
includes mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, computer and
information sciences, and the social and behavioral sciences
*psychology*, ecoonomics, sociology, and political science.
*From:* Aus-soaring [
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<mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au>] *On Behalf Of
*Mike Borgelt
*Sent:* Tuesday, 6 June 2017 1:27 PM
*To:* Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
*Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Air brake handles
Most aircraft designs are built in total numbers smaller than what
a car manufacturer would put through the production line to debug
the line.
It is just good engineering to use what is available that will do
the job.
I'm guessing you've never actually done any engineering or
manufactured anything. Academic, but not from any STEM fields who
can't do physics or maths?
Besides, you are a cowardly anonymous troll. The vast majority of
people in this place identify themselves.
Mike
At 10:01 PM 6/5/2017, you wrote:
>>You'd like the $250,000 glider to cost $300,000 or more? Most
cars costing more than say $30,000 have a steering wheel that is
not just a cheap plastic moulding. It does not cost $50,000 extra
to do that. A wheelbarrow handle is designed to be held like
'this'
and an aircraft ccontrol column is designed too be held
like 'that'
diffeerent ergonomics. One is dessigned to be gripped
hard and the other should not be. If you don't get the difference,
have a look at the grip shape on any low-cost computer joystick. It
does not look anything like a wheelbarrow or bicycle handle. As
Macca points out, you can use the handle from a ski stock or a
Norwegian walking stick or whatever they are called. At least
they're designed to be held like 'that'. D
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