Recent content by Navy1960

Frankly, I have had the pleasure to read most of this thread and while each state has its warts and also has its flowers and Texas as well as California is no exception, it made me take a closer look at Texas which is a state I am very familiar with anyway as a result of spending a bit of...

While I tend to agree on the need to keep the A-10, because I am not convinced that the F-35 will come anywhere close to replacing it as a good CAS platform. There is a need to perhaps have DoD pull their collective heads out of the dark reaches of where they are now and finally start to...

I have only one comment about Texas. if you have a son or daughter who was wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan and suffered burns then you would be thankful for the men and women at Brooke Army Medical in San Antonio, Tx. I know this a good many close and dear friends owe their lives to these...

"This 7-to-1 ratio of wounded to killed has to be an all-time record," said Michael O'Hanlon, a scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. For many of the nation's wars in the last century, the ratio was 3 to 1, he added. The first burn patient that Maj. Louis Stout dealt with...

I think it's important to keep in mind here the important thing is caring for our nations Vets not career protection. While it's true Gen. Shinseki had a long and honorable Military career, that does not take away his responsibility for what goes on under his command. I'll just cite a...

While funding is important, I will not defend Gen. Shinseki on this one, he should know better than anyone else " You Improvise, You Adapt, You Overcome", to get the best care you can for your brothers and sisters. As an Officer it is his DUTY to see to it that this mission is carried out...

I personally don't give a crap what party is in charge , what I do care about is that there is ZERO excuse for the kind of nonsense that has gone on at the VA and has gone on for a very long time across several Administrations. The situation in Phoenix here should result in no less of many...

Nothing in this thread I have posted including the title of the thread is false and has been completely backed up. cut·off noun \ˈkət-ˌȯf\ : the act of stopping the movement or supply of something : the time when something must be done or completed Stopping the...

Actually the Shuttle was retired as a result of a plan put in place by the Bush Administration because it was well past its life span, that plan included creating a follow-on to the Shuttle called Constellation, with the Ares Rocket and Orion Capsule. The Obama Administration extended its...

I dont think there is any disagreement that Russia can do what they want as a result of a lack of a manned space program at the moment. I am aware that China intends to put its own station in orbit soon, as a stepping stone to a moon mission late 2019 or 2020. As for who provides what, my...

This is a sneak peek into a little of the innovation they are doing right here in this country and not Russia, this is a rocket developed by Space X called " Grasshopper" It takes off and lands on its own legs. Folks, I for one do not think innovation is dead in this country , it's alive...

Its a lot of bluster which is par for the course for Russia, however look at it this way, we rent rides on Soyuz Russian made Rockets at the moment. So if we fail to fund our own domestic manned program or companies who are ready to do it that are all American made and Russia cuts off the...

WASHINGTON - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told Congress today he will recommend canceling the Space Launch System and Orion capsule programs if Russia stops American astronaut rides to the International Space Station any time soon and before U.S. companies are ready to do the job. Bolden...

I don't think that is in dispute here , but 5 years in development of spaceflight is not a long time. While to you and mean it might seem that way , its not very long. Here is in an example, Space X was founded in 2002, its first rocket Falcon I was in 2008 6 years later. So 2020 is...

Falcon Heavy is the world’s most powerful rocket, a launch vehicle of scale and capability unequaled by any other currently flying. With the ability to lift into orbit over 53 metric tons (117,000 lb)--a mass equivalent to a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and...