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NASA theorizes a manned mission to Venus

Posted: December 21, 2014 at 3:46 pm

The science world has been mostly fixated on Mars and comets, but some scientists at NASA are starting to talk about Venus -- suggesting a manned mission to our closest neighbor could be simpler and less expensive than a trip to Mars.

For some time, Mars has been the logical next step for the United States space program. It's the closest planet with tolerable, Earth-like conditions. NASA has three robotic rovers actively exploring the Martian planet, and plans to send astronauts to the Red Planet by the 2030s are underway.

But Venus is actually closer to Earth than Mars, and experts say a manned mission there isn't unreasonable. Venus is one of the least hospitable places in the solar system. Its close proximity to the sun makes its surface unimaginably hot -- 462 degrees Celsius. And its lower atmosphere is a highly pressurized oven of noxious gases.

A manned mission to Venus, however, wouldn't have to involve the planet's surface. Researchers say just a few miles higher up and Venus's atmosphere boasts conditions not unlike Earth's, with more a manageable temperature and pressure.

A new study by researchers at the Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate, part of the NASA Langley Research Center, suggests astronauts could circle Venus in a helium-inflated dirigible -- conducting science experiments as they orbit.

"Venus has value as a destination in and of itself for exploration and colonization," NASA scientist Chris Jones, one of the researchers working on the High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC), told IEEE. Jones and fellow researcher Dale Arney say a trip to Venus doesn't have to bee seen as a distraction from NASA's plans for Mars. It could be complementary.

"There are things that you would need to do for a Mars mission, but we see a little easier path through Venus," Jones said.

"If you did Venus first, you could get a leg up on advancing those technologies and those capabilities ahead of doing a human-scale Mars mission. It's a chance to do a practice run, if you will, of going to Mars," Arney said.

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Avoid The Pain

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Its a basic human instinct attempting to avoid pain. And its the reason we are in so much trouble now, because when it comes to managing economies, the longer you put off necessary pain, the worse the result in the end. This is the primary distinction defining the difference between Keynesian andAustrian economics. The former, which is also known as interventionist economics, promotes ever-increasing and active central (state) policy responses (think fiscal and monetary) in the management of an economy to thwart the natural course; and, the latter, in its purist form, invites nature, and more specifically, the natural state of man as a rational decision maker (methodological individualism), to bring about equilibrium in markets, setting prices based on actual demand and supply conditions.

So again, the profound difference between the two, from a price discovery perspective, is ever-increasing interventionist policy will distort prices away from the natural path, while leaving markets alone, as promoted in Austrian economics, would in a perfect world, allow markets to arrive at equilibrium, which in theory would in turn allow man to exist with nature in harmony. Heres the rub however, leaving markets alone does not allow for bureaucracys to thrive, which is why the Keynesian model has become the cornerstone of the modern day economy (the Anglo American Western Debt Based / Colonization Model), our fait based economies gone wild in an interventionist orgy, which on the surface may appear practical to the unaware and naive, but in the end will be lethal as economies (and prices) are thrown back into the natural sphere.

This then, is the premise behind the truism short-term pain for long term gain, which is derived from a true understanding of how nature works either with or against man (as a collective), and why this understanding is the basis of Austrian economics. Because again, when we put off pain, we become spoiled (along with corrupt and greedy), and forget Mother Natures lessons, where the blowback becomes more profound the longer imbalances are allowed to exist. Which brings us to the situation as it is today, where we have the most profound bubble economies in history that are still growing larger with necessary expansion of credit / debt cycles (or face implosion), along with asset bubbles that are set to burst at some point.

Of course ifone has been following our work you would know the equity bubbles still have a ways to go because the money printing (monetary policy) is still accelerating on a global basis, which will make the fallout (think economic depression) correspondingly profound. Because again, by avoiding the pain today, we will eventually experience far worse ramifications longer term when prices readjust back to equilibrium, as they always do. This is naturally the argument against allowing Keynesians to become too powerful in any market economy, because you in fact cease to have a market economy as these idiots impose an improperly engineered construct on people, eventually bringing down the system (as they are systematically disenfranchised from the graft and can no longer make the interest payments).

What you are seeing in Ferguson is just the beginning of this process revolution that will intensify as process unfolds and the mob strikes back at the establishment. But the money printing is still supporting the rich as the insane asset bubbles continue to grow ever larger, until one day something happens the powers that be cannot control. Timing is obviously a big question in this regard, but we are looking at two windows for bubble tops right now, with stocks running into some trouble in March, if only temporarily, and then bonds in October of next year according to Martin Armstrongs Economic Confidence Model (ECM). And this next episode in the pain department is really going to be something, because we have become experts at extending cycles way past any sense of good measure, well into the theater of absurd, The Twilight Zone, or any other imagery one cares to throw at this subject matter.

In assigning the proper terminology and mindset to what is coming then, what we are looking at is the much daunted Grand Supercycle event in terms of the US stock market, where a lasting turn now appears likely sometime between October of next year (concurrent with a top in bonds) and 2017-2018, where as Martin Armstrong envisions, starting in October of 2015 (the next ECM turn date), capital will flee government and go anywhere else its perceived as safe (out of government control), which will not only include stocks, but commodities too, including precious metals. Whats more, and again, according to Armstrong, if capital from around the world joins in this orgy, the Dow could reach up to 25,000 (and higher) before its all over. And sure enough, in viewing Figure 2 below, the technical picture supports such a view. More on this below.

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Tom B.K. Goldtooth – Indigenous Environmental Justice | Bioneers – Video

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GMO trees: Saving the American Chestnut tree [erv]

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Ive mentioned this technology on ERV before:

Saving the American Chestnut tree from extinction with GMOs

Well the scientists involved think they have finally done it. They have finally made American Chestnut trees resistant to the blight that is literally driving the species to extinction:

Breakthrough at SUNY-ESF: Genetic engineering may save the nearly extinct American chestnut

After 25 years of research, a pair of professors at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry say they have used a gene from wheat to create an American chestnut that could withstand the blight that wiped out up to 5 billion of the trees in the United States.

It is tremendously satisfying to reach this level of success, said ESF professor Chuck Maynard, who worked with fellow professor William Powell to build the blight-resistant tree.

Like how GMO Papaya saved Regular Papaya from extinction, its possible that GMO American Chestnut has not only saved the species from extinction, but also can save Regular American Chestnut. Of course it depends on how the blight is spread, but like papaya, perhaps planting armies of GMO Chestnut around Regular Chestnut trees can provide a buffer to keep the Regular trees blight-free.

It is *amazing*. I LOVE THE FUTURE!!!!

But not everyone is so excited.

Some people would rather the American Chestnut tree go extinct, than have the species survive unclean.

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Genetic study shows how much America really is a melting pot

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Many Americans who identify as European actually carry African ancestry just as many Americans who identify as African carry European ancestry, finds an extensive new genetic analysis.

DNA tells no lies, so the findings, published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, reveal just what a melting pot of different racial and ethnic groups exists in the United States.

"Our study not only reveals the historical underpinnings of regional differences in genetic ancestry, but also sheds light on the complex relationships between genetic ancestry and self-identified race and ethnicity," study author Katarzyna Bryc of 23andMe and Harvard Medical School said in a press release.

Bryc and her team studied DNA sequence variations called "single-nucleotide polymorphisms" in the genomes of more than 160,000 African Americans, Latinos and European Americans. Study participants provided saliva samples, where the DNA sequence variations were found.

The researchers found that more than 6 million Americans who self-identify as European likely carry African ancestry. As many as 5 million self-described European Americans might have at least 1% Native American ancestry, according to the study.

The researchers also determined that regional ancestry differences reflect historical events in the U.S., such as waves of immigration. For example, Scandinavian ancestry is found in trace proportions in most states, but it makes up about 10% of ancestry in European Americans living in Minnesota and the Dakotas.

The scientists also discovered that people identify roughly with the majority of their genetic ancestry.

Couples share similar genetics

Nevertheless, racial lines appear to be more blurred than previously thought.

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DNA MedChoice Genetic Testing – Video

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DNA – la liga (Teaser) – Video

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Jurassic Park Builder – Part 60: DNA Tournaments. – Video

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Advanced Warfare: EPM3 DNA Bomb on Greenband! (DNA Saturday) – Video

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