Comments for Spacedebate.org: Above the Fray http://www.spacedebate.org/blog Project blog for Spacedebate.org and the Open Debate Engine project. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on New Space Security Index Released by AlexM http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2007/08/25/new-space-security-index-released/#comment-4259 AlexM Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:40:00 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2007/08/25/new-space-security-index-released/#comment-4259 Your blog is interesting! Keep up the good work! Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on Collected Essays on Collective Intelligence by Dave Witzel http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2008/03/22/collected-essays-on-collective-intelligence/#comment-3597 Dave Witzel Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:51:37 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2008/03/22/collected-essays-on-collective-intelligence/#comment-3597 Thanks -- hadn't seen this compilation. Thanks — hadn’t seen this compilation.

]]> Comment on Happy Chinese ASAT Test Anniversary by Seeker http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2008/01/11/happy-chinese-asat-test-anniversary/#comment-3564 Seeker Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:56:52 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2008/01/11/happy-chinese-asat-test-anniversary/#comment-3564 The last statement above is false. The Soviet and American tests were at much lower altitudes and the debris has long since deorbited. Also, the Soviet test produced very little debris and the American test produced an order of magnitude less debris than the Chinese test. The altitude of the Chinese test will leave debris in orbit for decades. Altitude is crucial! The last statement above is false. The Soviet and American tests were at much lower altitudes and the debris has long since deorbited. Also, the Soviet test produced very little debris and the American test produced an order of magnitude less debris than the Chinese test. The altitude of the Chinese test will leave debris in orbit for decades. Altitude is crucial!

]]> Comment on China Rumored to have Tested Anti-Satellite Space Weapon by RunningAF04 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2007/01/17/china-rumored-to-have-tested-anti-satellite-space-weapon/#comment-138 RunningAF04 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:29:31 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/?p=24#comment-138 Yes its a "sad day" but not one thats unexpected. With my background and all the stuff I have read and heard, it still amazes me that people all over blame the United States for some other country's decision to threaten other nation's space vehicles. This hopefully is a wake up call that our nation and our allies need to see this for what it is, a clear threat to American and global freedom of movement in space. We need to have ways to counter it or find a way to talk them out of it. Just because our policy leaves it open for us to deploy space defenses, doesnt mean we wanted to. It was forseeing what has happened. If we really wanted ASAT or other space weapons, we could have deployed them in the 1980s. Now that the Chinese have done their thing, hopefully we will prepare ourselves better before one of our satellites disappears in a cloud of debris. Yes its a “sad day” but not one thats unexpected. With my background and all the stuff I have read and heard, it still amazes me that people all over blame the United States for some other country’s decision to threaten other nation’s space vehicles. This hopefully is a wake up call that our nation and our allies need to see this for what it is, a clear threat to American and global freedom of movement in space. We need to have ways to counter it or find a way to talk them out of it. Just because our policy leaves it open for us to deploy space defenses, doesnt mean we wanted to. It was forseeing what has happened. If we really wanted ASAT or other space weapons, we could have deployed them in the 1980s. Now that the Chinese have done their thing, hopefully we will prepare ourselves better before one of our satellites disappears in a cloud of debris.

]]> Comment on Back online.. by DavidCary http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2006/09/18/back-online/#comment-15 DavidCary Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:11:55 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/?p=14#comment-15 This looks like a great experiment. I've already make a brief comment at "Satellites could be Disabled Through Information Warfare Attacks". I found spacedebate from http://communitywiki.org/MappingArguments . Nitpick: I get a "Your email address does not appear to be valid. Please re-enter." error when I try to register with a perfectly valid email address. I suspect it has something to do with the "plus addressing" mentioned at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address . This looks like a great experiment.

I’ve already make a brief comment at
“Satellites could be Disabled Through Information Warfare Attacks”.

I found spacedebate from
http://communitywiki.org/MappingArguments
.

Nitpick: I get a “Your email address does not appear to be valid. Please re-enter.” error when I try to register with a perfectly valid email address.
I suspect it has something to do with the “plus addressing” mentioned at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address
.

]]> Comment on Response to National Space Policy, Round Two by Rajeev http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2006/10/18/response-to-national-space-policy-round-two/#comment-14 Rajeev Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:04:53 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/?p=18#comment-14 Point 7 - highlighted Nuclear Power in Space. See iostarcorp.com & swansat.com Its less about the weaponization of space, but if these two companies have their way, millions of people in third world countries will have mobile broadband internet for as little as $1 per month. SWANsat, the non-profit telecom, says capacity is around 600 million connections per satellite. They have the spectrum/licence. They have the contractors - designers of GPS-1, Iridium, Teledesic - Project Manager of NASA's Mars Observer, 4-star general (ret)- SANDIA Labs etc. etc. The Teledesic Chief Architect (now President of IOSTAR) recently made this presentation: http://csmarts.colorado.edu/presentationpages/34_future_of_space/page_01.htm (intro-nav page) http://csmarts.colorado.edu/presentationpages/34_future_of_space/Slide45.JPG (corporate capabilities: W-Band communications, Power Beaming etc.) See my blog for more details. Point 7 - highlighted Nuclear Power in Space.

See iostarcorp.com & swansat.com

Its less about the weaponization of space, but if these two companies have their way, millions of people in third world countries will have mobile broadband internet for as little as $1 per month. SWANsat, the non-profit telecom, says capacity is around 600 million connections per satellite. They have the spectrum/licence. They have the contractors - designers of GPS-1, Iridium, Teledesic - Project Manager of NASA’s Mars Observer, 4-star general (ret)- SANDIA Labs etc. etc.

The Teledesic Chief Architect (now President of IOSTAR) recently made this presentation:

http://csmarts.colorado.edu/presentationpages/34_future_of_space/page_01.htm (intro-nav page)

http://csmarts.colorado.edu/presentationpages/34_future_of_space/Slide45.JPG (corporate capabilities: W-Band communications, Power Beaming etc.)

See my blog for more details.

]]> Comment on Site Launch!! by Disenchanted Dave http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2006/07/09/site-launch/#comment-11 Disenchanted Dave Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:43:43 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/?p=3#comment-11 I think I remember reading somewhere in the FAQ that the plan was to open the source once he was done cleaning up the code. I think I remember reading somewhere in the FAQ that the plan was to open the source once he was done cleaning up the code.

]]> Comment on Site Launch!! by Josh http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2006/07/09/site-launch/#comment-10 Josh Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:08:12 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/?p=3#comment-10 This looks fabulous. I was a policy debater in high school, and am currently pursuing an engineering education. This Open Debate Engine would be really useful for organizing evidence in competitive, as well as academic contexts. Are there plans to open-source? This looks fabulous. I was a policy debater in high school, and am currently pursuing an engineering education. This Open Debate Engine would be really useful for organizing evidence in competitive, as well as academic contexts. Are there plans to open-source?

]]> Comment on New Website for Debating U.S. Military Space Policy Launched by Spacedebate.org http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/new-site-allows-users-to-collabratively-edit/#comment-7 Spacedebate.org Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:26:06 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/?page_id=7#comment-7 [...] [ Press Release ] [...] [...] [ Press Release ] [...]

]]> Comment on Site Launch!! by Ross Smith http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/2006/07/09/site-launch/#comment-6 Ross Smith Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:04:15 +0000 http://www.spacedebate.org/blog/?p=3#comment-6 Academic debate is about to be revolutionized and connected to the larger policy sphere. Academic debate is about to be revolutionized and connected to the larger policy sphere.

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