Out at the Mojave Airport there is a new enterprise section called The Mojave Spaceport. There, multi billionaires and other entreupeneurs are building and experimenting with the future of aerospace.
For instance, one of them is Paul Allen who made many billions with microsoft. He along with such an illustious aerospace pioneer as Burt Rutan has founded another company called StratoLaunch. They have already built one of the largest single aircraft hangers in the entrie world, and are now builting the largest aircraft ever to be built by the hand of man. It will be powered by six large jet engines built to power the Boeing 747. It will have a 385 foot wing span. Yes, that is some 85 feet longer than the length of a football field the long way! It will be a twin boomed aircraft, with each boom larger than the fuselage of a 747 aircraft. Between the booms a rocket capable of placing a medium sized satelite into LEO (that is a maximum of about 16.000 lbs) can be launched at a very reduced cost per launch. However, the main advantage of such a system is that it will give satelite companies the ability to launch upon demand, without waiting for the months of wait for a vertical launch date they now have (I think it will launch in less than two weeks from the initial need for such a launch).
But Allen & company have already stated that one of their long term plans are to be able to launch a small but very efficient winged shuttle type of craft to carry human beings into LEO at an unheard of low cost!! Thus, opening up the realms of cis lunar space to humanity in a manner never even dreamed of in the past!!
And this is all very heavily supported by the state of California, and requires the kind of educated work force that only a state with the greatest higher educational system in the world can even begin to think about. And that means that very advanced aerospace manufaturing will be returning to the state of California in the reasonably near future. And this is only one of the many such efforts being engineered out at the Mojave Spaceport!!
Of course, I would not expect someone with the lack of the knowledge of things technical, such as someone like Lisa Bensen to even begin to understand this!
The companies, communities, and states that support the expansion of humaity into space itself are going ot be the Saudi Arabias of oil of the future!!
That seems like a lot of population growth for a state that has so many businesses and residents leaving. Doesn’t seem possible if businesses were fleeing the state that the state would see such a population growth between 2010 and 2012.
According to the census figures for 2000 to 2010, Texas had a 42.8 percent increase in illegal immigrant population, while California had a 14.5 percent increase.
A South African born Canadian decides to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory in another American state …while Tesla’s home manufacturing base remains in the state of California. And people are still complaining? About immigrants.
Back in the 1980s, when the auto companies first tanked and everyone was leaving for the oil boom in Texas (that later busted), there was a similar bumper sticker that said “Would the last person out of Michigan please turn off the lights?”
Lisa also fails to be aware that Musk is designing this new plant in Nevada (yes, with tax “advantages”) to be one of the most energy efficient factories in the world, not just the U.S..It will to a large extent be “off the grid”, and very low on emissions. The factor with “super batteries” IS the supply of raw materials, as in exotic minerals, but that’s another story.
Just another case of her not having a clue about what she’s ’tooning about.
^“Aviation” grew on the Mohave in large part because it is DRY! That’s why those storage and salvage operations got started, and it spread. All the private space stuff, like Rutan, also needed test space (land base) to operate from.
Considering that WW II led to Lockheed and many others coming to Southern California, and leading to a huge growth in jobs, and population, “the industry” found that a lack of war led to declining profits. Welcome the MIC, and both parties, but especially Republicans, doing their best to keep them profitable.
Back in the late 50’s and early ’60’s, the auto industry provided a huge number of jobs, now taken robotics, and export of jobs to produce sub-assemblies. GM and Chrysler especially went to Canada and Mexico, it wasn’t “Democrats” doing that, it was corporate welfare, dictating public policy.
^Uncle Joe: Had a couple move in next to us some years ago in Lake Havasu City, the wife didn’t speak a word of English, only Italian, and her “hubby” kept it that way, and she was born and raised, in BOSTON!! (her family many generations in the U.S.!!)
frodo1008 over 9 years ago
Out at the Mojave Airport there is a new enterprise section called The Mojave Spaceport. There, multi billionaires and other entreupeneurs are building and experimenting with the future of aerospace.
For instance, one of them is Paul Allen who made many billions with microsoft. He along with such an illustious aerospace pioneer as Burt Rutan has founded another company called StratoLaunch. They have already built one of the largest single aircraft hangers in the entrie world, and are now builting the largest aircraft ever to be built by the hand of man. It will be powered by six large jet engines built to power the Boeing 747. It will have a 385 foot wing span. Yes, that is some 85 feet longer than the length of a football field the long way! It will be a twin boomed aircraft, with each boom larger than the fuselage of a 747 aircraft. Between the booms a rocket capable of placing a medium sized satelite into LEO (that is a maximum of about 16.000 lbs) can be launched at a very reduced cost per launch. However, the main advantage of such a system is that it will give satelite companies the ability to launch upon demand, without waiting for the months of wait for a vertical launch date they now have (I think it will launch in less than two weeks from the initial need for such a launch).
But Allen & company have already stated that one of their long term plans are to be able to launch a small but very efficient winged shuttle type of craft to carry human beings into LEO at an unheard of low cost!! Thus, opening up the realms of cis lunar space to humanity in a manner never even dreamed of in the past!!
And this is all very heavily supported by the state of California, and requires the kind of educated work force that only a state with the greatest higher educational system in the world can even begin to think about. And that means that very advanced aerospace manufaturing will be returning to the state of California in the reasonably near future. And this is only one of the many such efforts being engineered out at the Mojave Spaceport!!
Of course, I would not expect someone with the lack of the knowledge of things technical, such as someone like Lisa Bensen to even begin to understand this!
The companies, communities, and states that support the expansion of humaity into space itself are going ot be the Saudi Arabias of oil of the future!!
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member over 9 years ago
If you think California is bad, try Illinois
tabonsell over 9 years ago
Quite a strange comment from Lisa.
Here is the official population of California, and these Californians need to have employment in a business to survive.
1950, 10.586 million;.1990, 29760 million;2000, 33,871 million;2004, 35.894 million;2010, 37.254 million;2012 38,041 million
That seems like a lot of population growth for a state that has so many businesses and residents leaving. Doesn’t seem possible if businesses were fleeing the state that the state would see such a population growth between 2010 and 2012.
Mneedle over 9 years ago
@tabonsell: How much of the increase in population is made up of uneducated, non-English speaking, illegal aliens?
2Goldfish over 9 years ago
Touché !
UM5 over 9 years ago
Two comments;1) Went to the California DMV to renew my drivers license, Only one problem i couldn’t find anyone who spoke English to help me.
2) Moving out of California next week, for a better paying job.
superposition over 9 years ago
According to the census figures for 2000 to 2010, Texas had a 42.8 percent increase in illegal immigrant population, while California had a 14.5 percent increase.
OmqR-IV.0 over 9 years ago
A South African born Canadian decides to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory in another American state …while Tesla’s home manufacturing base remains in the state of California. And people are still complaining? About immigrants.
Go figure. @@
ahnk_2000 over 9 years ago
Back in the 1980s, when the auto companies first tanked and everyone was leaving for the oil boom in Texas (that later busted), there was a similar bumper sticker that said “Would the last person out of Michigan please turn off the lights?”
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
Lisa also fails to be aware that Musk is designing this new plant in Nevada (yes, with tax “advantages”) to be one of the most energy efficient factories in the world, not just the U.S..It will to a large extent be “off the grid”, and very low on emissions. The factor with “super batteries” IS the supply of raw materials, as in exotic minerals, but that’s another story.
Just another case of her not having a clue about what she’s ’tooning about.
ishannon5289 over 9 years ago
Clearly the economy would be perfect if we would just get rid of all those job killing health and safety regulations, not to mention minimum wage.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
^“Aviation” grew on the Mohave in large part because it is DRY! That’s why those storage and salvage operations got started, and it spread. All the private space stuff, like Rutan, also needed test space (land base) to operate from.
Considering that WW II led to Lockheed and many others coming to Southern California, and leading to a huge growth in jobs, and population, “the industry” found that a lack of war led to declining profits. Welcome the MIC, and both parties, but especially Republicans, doing their best to keep them profitable.
Back in the late 50’s and early ’60’s, the auto industry provided a huge number of jobs, now taken robotics, and export of jobs to produce sub-assemblies. GM and Chrysler especially went to Canada and Mexico, it wasn’t “Democrats” doing that, it was corporate welfare, dictating public policy.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
^Uncle Joe: Had a couple move in next to us some years ago in Lake Havasu City, the wife didn’t speak a word of English, only Italian, and her “hubby” kept it that way, and she was born and raised, in BOSTON!! (her family many generations in the U.S.!!)