Comments on: Waving the red flag

By: David Davenport

David Davenport — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 03:03:29 +0000

David, I thought you were a bored high school student for months until you mentioned you worked in the car industry.
Posted by Kevin Parkin at September 29, 2005 12:19 AM

Me, I have never had any vocational connection to the car industry. I think you have confused me with Cecil Trotter, O Giant Brain of Pasadena.

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By: Donald F. Robertson

Donald F. Robertson — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:42:44 +0000

I meant to add that this is a _detailed_ description, down to the placement of electronic boxes!

— Donald

By: Donald F. Robertson

Donald F. Robertson — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:41:35 +0000

Okay, Jeff, returning to the issue at hand, everyone should know that there is a detailed description of the Shenzhou spacecraft in the April 2005 Spaceflight. The British Interplanetary Society's technical journal JBIS has had a number of more detailed (and technically challenging) articles on the Shenzhou in the past couple of years. These may be ordered from: The British Interplanetary Society 27/29 South Lambeth Road London SW8 1SZ mail@bis-spaceflight.com -- Donald

By: Jeff Foust

Jeff Foust — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:15:31 +0000

Gentlemen: discussion of Chinese space policy, or the effect of China on US space policy, is cetainly welcome. However, this is not the proper venue for dicussion of Chinese naval policy, not the weight of US fighter aircraft. Thanks.

By: Edward Wright

Edward Wright — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:47:59 +0000

> Remember how Kerry tried to stop “chickenhawks” on US Navy ships from having their votes counted?

Oops. I meant Al Gore.

By: Edward Wright

Edward Wright — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:31:49 +0000

> Times have changed. The CV USS Oriskany was decommissioned in 1976. I think that the Oriskany
> was the last American aircraft carrier small enough to transit the Panama Canal.

You assume that sea lanes exist only for the benefit of aircraft carriers. That’s like thinking banks exist to employ police. You have it backwards. The Navy doesn’t exist just to sail carriers around. It exists, in large part, to protect the sea lanes of communication. They don’t protect them just because they are used by the Navy, any more than police officers protect banks only if they have deposits in them.

Furthermore, while carriers may not be able to travel through the Panama Canal, they depend on many supplies that can and do travel through it.

As for your “chickenhawk” comments, John Kerry is not the only person ever to serve in the military, no matter what the surrender lobby thinks. Remember how Kerry tried to stop “chickenhawks” on US Navy ships from having their votes counted? I have “chickenhawk” friends who are overseas right now protecting your right to throw around insults like that. Something for you to think about.

By: Edward Wright

Edward Wright — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:54:43 +0000

>> We can’t build a 70,000 lb fighter in less than 20 years.

> Maximum gross take-off weight of the F-15E is 81,000 pounds.

Most of that is fuel, pilot, and weapons that are loaded onto the airplane. The plane that’s built at the factory weighs less than half of that.