Comments on: Transonic Lift Concept in the Works

By: ramsevak

ramsevak — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:07:01 +0000

member

By: pfcem

pfcem — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:29:40 +0000

The Cenobyte,
Tax cuts DO NOT cost the government money. They MORE THAN pay for themselves through INCREASED revenue.

By: Olternaut

Olternaut — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:13:01 +0000

@Brad:
One war, two fronts.….that we know of.

By: Bubba Thudd

Bubba Thudd — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:02:59 +0000

Kinda reminds me of the dropship from Aliens II. Mk I?

By: stephen russell

stephen russell — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:47:10 +0000

We need for this TransPac missions & to EU & Asia alone.
Must produce this & retire the C130?
Or the C17.
Neat.
Now a Transonic Civil transport would be nice.
Ideal for Air Cargo use alone.

By: The Cenobyte

The Cenobyte — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:42:30 +0000

Blue Falcon I intentionally left of options of what to do with that money. Tax relief is a domestic issue, so is paying down the debt. To be honest, those are really the only things I would like to see done with the money.
If we can pay down the debt, we will have money money left for tax relief and Military spending. Last year the govt. spent $406 Billion on the intrest on the debt it has. We owe $9.4 trillion, the $65B I am talking about would take 145yrs to pay that off if there was no intrest. It’s a problem that we can’t aford to ignore if we want to have money left over for anything including the military in the coming decades.
The only priority the federal govt should set above the military, it making sure they have the money to keep paying for the military.

By: James

James — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:25:08 +0000

the real problem isnt how much where spending its the overruns ad redtape spending get the generals away from the engineers and R&D guys. A10 best plane for a buck we ever built generals hated it it wasnt sexy it was ugly!!! omfg.
why do i have that sudden horrible feeling some guys gonna tell us it will be stealthy!!!!!!!!!

By: ohwilleke

ohwilleke — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:20:40 +0000

I can’t imagine that one can get very far in a major aerospace R&D effort with $7 million. Add three zeros and then you’re talking.
Recent development programs for new, technologically advanced aircraft have cost tens to hundreds of billions of 2008 dollars (e.g. F-22, F-35, B-1, B-2). A $7 million budget isn’t even enough to design an unambitious guides missile. It isn’t even enough to build a single, full scale prototype of an aircraft that uses only existing technology.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:49:01 +0000

“Maybe we could cut a few bucks out of that and say work on internal national issues for awhile. I’m not asking for much, say 10%, that will be about what China spends each year.“
*eye roll*
Fighting 2 wars right now. Maybe the IRS can provide audit bombs and red tape body armor to help the war effort.

By: Blue Falcon

Blue Falcon — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:25:02 +0000

“But honestly, as much as I love new tech. What we need to do more than anything is stop spending so much. Remember $650billion a year is more than all other countries on the planet put together. Maybe we could cut a few bucks out of that and say work on internal national issues for awhile. I’m not asking for much, say 10%, that will be about what China spends each year.“
We pay a lot to keep our advantage. China buys and steals technology more than they develop their own. R&D is one of our strengths and it would be foolish to weaken it.
Military spending is less than %4 of the GDP (3.8%) despite the two wars. 4% of the GDP is really historically where spending should be. Our GDP is bigger than everyones, so we spend more on defense.
We shouldn’t be spending more money on domestic issues. If there is extra money it should be returned to taxpayers. Taxpayers and businesses invest money far more efficiently than government. Every time the US has cut defense for domestic spending increases it has regretted it.