Infrastructure Report by State

[T. A. Gardner]

Yes. They didn't built a single spacecraft either. Private companies did that.

Not completely true. The Mercury program launched on Redstone and Atlas missiles. Redstone was built by the Redstone arsenal in Alabama, a government entity. Atlas was an entirely government funded program originally to build an ICBM.

 

[Into the Night]

I only know one person who works for the railroad and his name isn't Mussolini.

I know about a dozen, personally. I used to work on the railroad. It was a privately owned railroad.

 

[Into the Night]

Not completely true. The Mercury program launched on Redstone and Atlas missiles. Redstone was built by the Redstone arsenal in Alabama, a government entity. Atlas was an entirely government funded program originally to build an ICBM.

Nope. Chrysler Corp built the Redstone rocket. All of them. The first were built at the Redstone arsenal by Chrysler. The Atlas rocket was built by Lockheed-Martin.
Even the fuel for these rockets were manufactured by private corporations. Both the Redstone and Atlas are capable of ICBM use.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Nope. Chrysler Corp built the Redstone rocket. All of them. The first were built at the Redstone arsenal by Chrysler. The Atlas rocket was built by Lockheed-Martin.
Even the fuel for these rockets were manufactured by private corporations. Both the Redstone and Atlas are capable of ICBM use.

Redstone designed and assembled the rockets. Chrystler built the airframe, Rocketdyne the engine. Sperry-Rand the guidance system. This isn't uncommon, but the design was one of the few that actually used Paperclip ex-Nazi engineers on the design team and was designed in a government facility. It was chosen for its reliability more than any other reason. It is one of a very few rockets the government designed. Most were designed and produced by contractors.

 

[Jack]

Yes. They didn't built a single spacecraft either. Private companies did that.

Yes. These same schools are also notorious for putting out graduates that are illiterate.

Built by a private consortium. All of the equipment in the powerhouses were also built by private companies.
Today, the dam is operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, part of the Dept of Interior (same folks that created the National Park system).

People who buy the water or electrical power from this operation do so voluntarily. Capitalism.

I'm glad you are able to accept 'Central Planning' by the Government. For the Good of the People.
Next ... you will be able to comprehend 'National Champions'. Where Government works with certain Industries.
(I'm sure you agree that Fighter Jets, Nuclear Submarines, etc. should be built by American Companies in America)

 

[Into the Night]

Redstone designed and assembled the rockets. Chrystler built the airframe, Rocketdyne the engine. Sperry-Rand the guidance system. This isn't uncommon, but the design was one of the few that actually used Paperclip ex-Nazi engineers on the design team and was designed in a government facility. It was chosen for its reliability more than any other reason. It is one of a very few rockets the government designed. Most were designed and produced by contractors.

Nope. Chrysler designed and build the airframe. Rocketdyne designed and built the engine. Sperry-Rand designed and built the guidance system. McDonnell Douglass designed and built the Mercury capsule.
All the government did was organize the thing into a whole and contract out to private companies to do the work.

Final assembly of the vehicle took place at Cape Canaveral, using a specially built crane for the purpose. It was rolled out of the way for launch, leaving only a slender support tower and shore power connections.

The first attempt resulted in catastrophic failure when the engine shut down after gaining an altitude of only a few inches, caused by early disconnection of shore power.

The second attempt was successful, carrying a chimp into orbit, and automatically reentering the atmosphere after that. This tested the life support system of the craft, and all the conditions a human pilot would experience. The chimp craft had no windows, and the chimp could not control the spacecraft, while Alan Shepard had windows and could control the spacecraft.

With the flight of 'Gus' Grissom, the Mercury program ended. The Gemini program began, using the Atlas rocket.

 

[Into the Night]

I'm glad you are able to accept 'Central Planning' by the Government. For the Good of the People.
Next ... you will be able to comprehend 'National Champions'. Where Government works with certain Industries.
(I'm sure you agree that Fighter Jets, Nuclear Submarines, etc. should be built by American Companies in America)

I do.

Unfortunately, we effectively have no electronics industry in America any more. We haven't for decades. Resistors, capacitors, inductors, crystals, displays, and most chips, are made outside the country.

Automotive manufacturers are facing a particularly acute problem because they depend on customized chips, which largely come from Taiwan. This tiny nation is under grave threat from China, and like other Asian suppliers simply cannot move product to the States, since our ports and trucking industry are so fucked up right now.

 

[Jack]

I do.

Unfortunately, we effectively have no electronics industry in America any more. We haven't for decades. Resistors, capacitors, inductors, crystals, displays, and most chips, are made outside the country.

Automotive manufacturers are facing a particularly acute problem because they depend on customized chips, which largely come from Taiwan. This tiny nation is under grave threat from China, and like other Asian suppliers simply cannot move product to the States, since our ports and trucking industry are so fucked up right now.

I'm glad you didn't blurt out "That's Socialism!" in some knee-jerk reaction. Some things are 'Critical Industries'.


"National champions are corporations which are technically private businesses but due to governmental policy are ceded a dominant position in a national economy.
National champions - Wikipedia"

 

[Truth Detector]

You’re ignorant about how roads and bridges are financed then. They usually get matching federal funds.

Apparently you're the ignoramus who doesn't know the Constitution and how States finance their infrastructure.

 

[Truth Detector]

why are you always needing to be a moron?

Irony from a thread trolling moron who defines the term moron.

 

[Truth Detector]

well then your so smart, tell me where all these trillions will come from that lying biden wants to spend has he got a gold mine ?

time for you to grow up and act like an adult... https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/internetbasics/using-search-engines/1/

^The reason you cannot argue with low IQ, partisan hack morons like katzgar

 

[Truth Detector]

When it comes to Truth Detector, you could have stopped at the first two words in your sentence.

I R O N Y!!!

 

[katzgar]

Irony from a thread trolling moron who defines the term moron.

why are you always needing to be a moron? answer the question

 

[Truth Detector]

why are you always needing to be a moron? answer the question

I'm not the moron here, YOU are. But, because you are suffering from an incredibly low IQ bordering on mental retardation, you're too stupid to comprehend the OBVIOUS or have a scintilla of self awareness.

 

[katzgar]

I'm not the moron here, YOU are. But, because you are suffering from an incredibly low IQ bordering on mental retardation, you're too stupid to comprehend the OBVIOUS or have a scintilla of self awareness.

still too opioid delusional to follow a conversation

 

[Into the Night]

I'm glad you didn't blurt out "That's Socialism!" in some knee-jerk reaction. Some things are 'Critical Industries'.


"National champions are corporations which are technically private businesses but due to governmental policy are ceded a dominant position in a national economy.
National champions - Wikipedia"

The electronics industry in the United States was destroyed by socialism in the form of fascism. It is not a 'knee jerk reaction'. It is what it is.
It simply became unprofitable to operate an electronics component manufacturing business under the current eco-laws. That's fascism, dude. The laws themselves are unconstitutional.

 

[Jack]

The electronics industry in the United States was destroyed by socialism in the form of fascism. It is not a 'knee jerk reaction'. It is what it is.
It simply became unprofitable to operate an electronics component manufacturing business under the current eco-laws. That's fascism, dude. The laws themselves are unconstitutional.

Well, that solved THAT problem. Thanks.

 

[Into the Night]

still too opioid delusional to follow a conversation

You aren't having a conversation.

 

[Into the Night]

Well, that solved THAT problem. Thanks.

Solved what problem? There is still no significant electronics industry in the States.

 

[Jack]

Solved what problem? There is still no significant electronics industry in the States.

What should we do?
Do you think Government should get involved because it's a Critical Industry?