Comments on: Thursday thoughts http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/04/10/thursday-thoughts/ My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:55:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John W http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/04/10/thursday-thoughts/#comment-14444 John W Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:38:32 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=1201#comment-14444 I guess Layton was trying to paint Harper into a corner and make it harder to back down by his effusive cringe creating praise. But, Harper should be getting a call from the White House and others in the military etc complex any day now. Look for some compromise favouring the US, but some face saving for Prentice, after the election of course.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('14444','John W'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('14444','John W','I guess Layton was trying to paint Harper into a corner and make it harder to back down by his effusive cringe creating praise.\r\nBut, Harper should be getting a call from the White House and others in the military etc complex any day now. \r\nLook for some compromise favouring the US, but some face saving for Prentice, after the election of course.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I guess Layton was trying to paint Harper into a corner and make it harder to back down by his effusive cringe creating praise.
But, Harper should be getting a call from the White House and others in the military etc complex any day now.
Look for some compromise favouring the US, but some face saving for Prentice, after the election of course.
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]]> By: JimBobby http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/04/10/thursday-thoughts/#comment-14432 JimBobby Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:17:25 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=1201#comment-14432 <a href="http://www.greenparty.ca/en/node/4193" rel="nofollow">Here's some interesting background on RadarSat2</a>. From that: <blockquote>Radarsat-1, the predecessor to the current generation, was built at a cost of $600 million, 90% of which came from federal and provincial governments which wanted access to the data. I haven't seen the numbers for Radarsat-2, but it is probably similar. The U.S. govt (NASA) was allowed access to Radarsat-1 data in exchange for launching the satellite, in 1995. It's still in operation, years longer than planned. We build good satellites :-) In 2000, NASA refused to launch the planned Radarsat-2 satellite because of <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/1999/02/18/cansat990218.html" rel="nofollow">national security concerns.</a> Basically, Radarsat-2 produces imagery as good as - maybe better than - U.S. military intelligence satellites. Since it uses radar, not optical sensors, it is not hindered by cloud cover. It doesn't require daylight, either. So, after years of delays, Radarsat-2 was finally launched by the Russians Dec. 14, about three months ago. </blockquote> AECL and CANDU technology are also on the block in Harper's selling of Canada. Avro Arrow redux. JB<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('14432','JimBobby'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('14432','JimBobby','<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenparty.ca\/en\/node\/4193\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here\'s some interesting background on RadarSat2<\/a>.\r\nFrom that:\r\n<blockquote>Radarsat-1, the predecessor to the current generation, was built at a cost of $600 million, 90% of which came from federal and provincial governments which wanted access to the data. I haven\'t seen the numbers for Radarsat-2, but it is probably similar.\r\n\r\nThe U.S. govt (NASA) was allowed access to Radarsat-1 data in exchange for launching the satellite, in 1995. It\'s still in operation, years longer than planned. We build good satellites :-)\r\n\r\nIn 2000, NASA refused to launch the planned Radarsat-2 satellite because of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/health\/story\/1999\/02\/18\/cansat990218.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">national security concerns.<\/a>\r\n\r\nBasically, Radarsat-2 produces imagery as good as - maybe better than - U.S. military intelligence satellites. Since it uses radar, not optical sensors, it is not hindered by cloud cover. It doesn\'t require daylight, either.\r\n\r\nSo, after years of delays, Radarsat-2 was finally launched by the Russians Dec. 14, about three months ago. <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\nAECL and CANDU technology are also on the block in Harper\'s selling of Canada. Avro Arrow redux.\r\n\r\nJB'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Here’s some interesting background on RadarSat2.
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Radarsat-1, the predecessor to the current generation, was built at a cost of $600 million, 90% of which came from federal and provincial governments which wanted access to the data. I haven’t seen the numbers for Radarsat-2, but it is probably similar.

The U.S. govt (NASA) was allowed access to Radarsat-1 data in exchange for launching the satellite, in 1995. It’s still in operation, years longer than planned. We build good satellites :-)

In 2000, NASA refused to launch the planned Radarsat-2 satellite because of national security concerns.

Basically, Radarsat-2 produces imagery as good as - maybe better than - U.S. military intelligence satellites. Since it uses radar, not optical sensors, it is not hindered by cloud cover. It doesn’t require daylight, either.

So, after years of delays, Radarsat-2 was finally launched by the Russians Dec. 14, about three months ago.

AECL and CANDU technology are also on the block in Harper’s selling of Canada. Avro Arrow redux.

JB

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]]> By: Annie http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/04/10/thursday-thoughts/#comment-14428 Annie Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:46:20 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=1201#comment-14428 I read it is not a done deal yet and there is 30 days for Prentice to really decide<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('14428','Annie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('14428','Annie','I read it is not a done deal yet and there is 30 days for Prentice to really decide'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I read it is not a done deal yet and there is 30 days for Prentice to really decide
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