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Yes and there is a general love of all things robotic in the psyche of the Japanese just look at all the manga they produce!

There is a trend to greater automation anyway amongst Japanese industries there population is getting older and shrinking and they have a competition with the rest of the asian tigers coming up. And they have experience of Robotic mining it is Japanese companies that are building some of the best new Robots working in the mines of Australia.

Yes as it has been shown with telerobotics that we do not need to send many people to the Moon to create a very advanced Industrial capacity. Japan knows this and plans to utilise this fact to give itself the advantage.

Robots would have the advantage of not needing a lot of consumable food and air and for repairs, if we can do major operations on humans using telerobotics then we can work on machines which by there nature are easier and tougher.

So dont think of it as JAXA having less of a budget think of it as the japanese being able to get 100 times more out of there dollar spent than NASA.

Possibly, but then again in 20 years time do we really know what is to happen. Look at 1985 for an example this was when we still thought the USSR was going to come and destroy the western world and our only hope was the Reagan sponsored star wars! In fact things where so bad that the USA was not even going to go to the olympics as a result of the USSR invading afghanistan.

Oh and the best film in the animated section of the Oscars was when the wind blows a tale about the effect of a nuclear war.

So for us to look 20 years in the future and hope things turn out all right is shear lunacy. We have no way of knowing what is to or will happen. So by the time they get round to their flights to destination beyond LEO I wonder what will be awaiting them.

But with these large research groups a lot of politics becomes involved and well we have seen the result in the delays of the typhoon and now with the Airbus super jumbo being delayed for a further 6 months.

reasonable enpowered research groups are the best way to go and then to a dedicated manufacturing facility. Europe is too easy to spread out manufacturing just to give "jobs for the boys". and so gain a bit more political consensus.

The possibilities for this invention are endless both in the Medical and Industrial world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/408 … Scientists create Nano brushes

Just being able to operate on Viruses to create or modify is astounding (and a little worrying). But to be able to paint the insides of arteries and to coat nerve fibres is a goal well worth the effort. Imagine being able to paint embryonic stem cells along a damaged nerve.

Interesting bit of news is that the French have called for an increase in military spending in the EU. This would give the EU economy a boost and allow it to be seen as a bigger player on the world stage. And they have also thought of an increase in military research too.  :hm:

This is the start of one of the most pivotal weeks in European history. With the rejection of the constitution by France then Holland and the referendum process now being put of by Britain and others in the EU, many of the alliances and assumptions that kept the EU together are in jeopardy. This week on the 15th and 16th of June the leaders of the EU are to meet and to discuss the proposal to increase the budget of the EU. Factions have already formed and the fighting has commenced. The biggest arquement is about the British rebate.

The rebate a history for those who do not know why it was created and what it means. In 1979 Britain was the third poorest country in the EU and was commonly called the sick man of Europe. Still Britain paid about 40% more than Germany. The reason is that of a budget of 104 Bn euros  about 47.4 Bn goes to pay for the CAP or Common Agricultural Policy, In Britains case with its agriculture policy (large farms) this meant very little of these funds go back to Britain but for countries like Germany and especially France they recieved a lot for there small farmers. Blatantly unfair the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher won a rebate of 2/3rds of the financial contribution back in 1984. Since then it has been a matter of arquement though the case that Britain still pays more than 2 and half times more into the EU after the rebate than France has kept it.

And the Commen agricultural policy is considered a very unfair and easily open to abuse policy. As an example France actually gets more money for its farmers than it actually pays into Europe as a whole.

With France and especially M Chirac blaming Britain for forcing the constitution to be based on referendums and for it being unattractive to French voters. Have brought the rebate up again saying it is time for Britain to give it up. Prime minister Blair has always stated that any attempt to get rid of it would be met by the British veto vote. Instead Blair stated "that the reason for the unfairness is because the spending of Europe is so geared to the commen agricultural policy. Every time Britain and Denmark try to get the CAP reviewed it is Vetoed by France and Spain as Chirac states "we will refuse any reduction whatsoever of the direct aids to our farmers".

So that is the current battleground and though the EU will survive this week it will not be the same EU that exists today. With Britain appearing to have a lot of support from the new members and with it about to take over presidency it seems Blair has a lot more cards to play than normal. Still France and Germany have become a lot closer in the last week to be able to fight the apparently strong Britain.

The celts where one of the peoples that migrated westwards they appear to have been originally from what is now turkey. They also had a small amount that moved eastwards and that is why one of the peoples of China has a tendency to red hair and their ancient tombs have in them people similar to the celts the romans fought.

It appears the celts where a very advanced people and their knowledge and culture spread further than they actually physically spread. This has been found by research into the skeletons of people from Russia to Ireland and Scotland. Though attired and using celtic equipment many where found to be of the indigenous people that where present for millenia before.

One of the main reasons that the fighters in Guantanamo are classed as illegal fighters is to protect the current United states administration from being in danger of court action. The geneva convention is quite specific on many things but on non uniformed guerillas it is very gray. It is into this gray area that prisoners are being placed deliberatly.

The reason is the little known War crimes act passed by the congress in 1996. This means any administration that commits what could be classed as a war crime would find itself under threat of domestic litigation and in this case it can bring the death penalty.

Unfortunatly since they are now in a gray area the problems become more evident. If there are attempts to rehabilitate them then it can be said they are being classed as having criminal behaviour and as such should be treated as criminals and to have certain rights. If they are extradited back to there countries then if that country does not take some legal action against them then they could be classed as soldiers and as such get full geneva protection.

At the moment it is so much easier to simply leave them in the gray hole. But to protect the administration it is still necassary to ensure that they are kept in reasonable health and conditions as one day the current administration will be out and one can never take into account political necessity in the future. Keeping them in reasonable health and conditions is simply pulling the teeth of any future attempt at court action.

This also means that using torture against them is a definite no. But also as they have no rights allowing visitors would also give them a possible legitamacy and it could be arqued that this treatment indicates they should have that right so it cannot be done as long as they are in this gray area.

More cuts and the first layoffs.

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.d … ews02]NASA fires culture change consultants

Interesting this actually means another accident that is the result of a lack of safety preparation and thought will mean that Griffin has to take the blame. Another point is this could be NASA not willing to be told what to do. Or just a means to save some hard cash.

Yeah you can read from about page 11 backwards. Still it is very unlike Bill to get the last word. Hmmm conspiracy theory here (did he crash it himself) 

Well done for those who wanted to see why topics collapse in this case we managed it. 

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What is your oppinion of this bit of news. (probably it was discussed last night but well that is gone.)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americ … 6.stm]Bush aide "edited" climate papers