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Not currently. I supported Orion when it was part of Constellation, including being on one of the proposal teams, helping to write the BOP (Baseline Operations Plan) for the vehicle, and then supporting the task analysis and training plans for the crewed Orion missions. But, currently, I'm only involved in the vehicles that fly to ISS.

What do you think of Bernie Sanders plan (proposal) to nationalize the US energy system and transition to 100% public ownership?It doesn’t exist.Oh, Sanders has plans, yes he does- but they don’t involve nationalizing anything and they don’t prescribe public ownership.The question is obviously here in bad faith; to push the impression that he’s doing socialisty-commie stuff even though that’s not what he proposes to do.For what it’s worth, Sanders’ plan for the US energy system is largely a heavy lift to invest in converting most of our energy portfolio away from fossil fuel lock-in, and promoting the buildout of a substantially renewable-fed energy and transport system.think: rather than subsidizing oil exploration the way we have for the better part of a century, we could instead be subsidizing renewable energy, via very similar mechanisms (like tax incentives for, say, companies that invest in electric car-charging stations, or possibly utilities that buy surplus electricity when the wind blows or the sun shines, and sells it back to the grid when it’s dark or calm).It will be expensive, to be certain- but what it won’t do is keep on creating the kinds of costs that our fossil-fueled one does keep on creating. It will also position the USA as a global leader (rather than a declining dinosaur) in energy technology.If we are willing to evaluate what such a transition might cost (it will cost a lot, yes), we ought also to be willing to evaluate the costs of not doing it. What kinds of opportunities will we forego by allowing the rest of the world to take the lead on this? What are the costs of ongoing pollution vs. doing less of it? What does it cost to heat all those under-insulated buildings day after day? What kind of opportunity do we walk away from by deciding not to?For what it’s worth, a switch to a broadly renewable system has substantial potential to cost the average consumer a lot less- after all, when I put those expensive solar panels on my roof, it was expensive- but I pay soo much less now for electricity, largely because I produce more of it than I consume.Buuuut, change is hard. And a lot of the doomsaying and socialism-fearmongering issues forth from the people who stand to lose when we shift so much of our economy away from paying fossil industry to dig up old solar energy and pollute our atmosphere with it. This isn’t about saving any money for regular people, it’s about keeping the gravy train the fossil oligarchy have going.And the argument (OMG! Socialism!) presented here is a dishonest one. There’s no plan to nationalize the energy system, or to sieze any means of production- the plan is to develop renewable/sustainable systems quickly, via market mechanisms like investment and plain old industrial policy[1][1][1][1] .Footnotes[1] A Centuries-Old Idea Could Revolutionize Climate Policy[1] A Centuries-Old Idea Could Revolutionize Climate Policy[1] A Centuries-Old Idea Could Revolutionize Climate Policy[1] A Centuries-Old Idea Could Revolutionize Climate Policy

In 1942, there was a “dream plan” proposed by the Japanese military leadership to enact a series of assaults across the Pacific aimed at attacking the continental United States. The plan was thought up by some of the more radical elements of the military and, although appearing sound on paper, operationally and logistically the plan had no chance for success.THE PLANThe plan in its entirety called for the occupation of Midway Island and Hawaii, then using those points as airbases to bomb the western United States followed by an invasion of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Meanwhile, an entire Japanese Army Group would move upwards from the Aleutian Islands, occupy Anchorage, and then use this a staging base to slice down through Western Canada and seize Seattle. Both forces would then link together and steam roll out of the western United States, hitting the heartland to cut off America’s food supply, moving into the industrial regions of St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago, then continuing on into the eastern United States with the goal being the capture of Washington as well as other major eastern cities such as New York, Norfolk, Charleston, and Miami.The Japanese Invasion Plan of the United States. Phase One (Red) entailed occupying Midway Island and the Aleutians. Phase Two (Blue) called for the invasion of Hawaii. Phase Three (Green) called for bombing the western United States and attacking Seattle and San Fransisco/Los Angeles. The final phase would see the Japanese Army steamroll east and capture America. In reality, the Japanese only briefly occupied the Aleutians, were utterly defeated at Midway, and conducted only a single minor token air raid from a submarine based sea plane bomber.THE FLAWThe Japanese logistical ability to mount long range operations was tenuous at best. Most of the more level headed Japanese tacticians knew that taking Hawaii, a key first step in invading the United States, was itself almost an impossible task. American submarine forces were also superior in the Pacific and any long term convoy or supply routes from Japan to Hawaii would have been constantly under siege.The inhospitably of Alaska was also underestimated with the Japanese army having little serious arctic training or specially equipped snow troops which would be needed for a difficult attack on Alaska followed by a slow advance through hostile British Columbia towards Washington State.Japanese forces in the Aleutian Islands. This was the farthest point reached by the Japanese during World War II and technically the first time since the War of 1812 in which sovereign United States territory was occupied by an invading enemy army.If the Japanese plan had actually succeeded in occupying the western United States coast, moving inland would have been far…far more difficult than originally foreseen. Not withstanding the southwest desert, the main Japanese attack force would have eventually run into the Rocky Mountains which would have stalled the attack and allowed U.S. forces from the east to strike back.The impassable Rocky Mountains would have greeted any Japanese invasion force attempting to move eastOn top of it all, the American public would have seen this as a fight to death and every man, woman, and child with access to a gun or even hand held weapon, would have been conducting dozens of guerilla attacks on the Japanese for every mile gained into U.S. territory.IN REALITYBetween 1942 and 1944 there was an effort to enact this plan which resulted in three noteworthy military operations. The first was the occupation of the Aleutian Islands, which was to be a springboard for the Japanese up into mainland Alaska, however this never materialized and the Aleutian Islands invasion became more of a feint for the Battle of Midway.The Battle of Midway, in June 1942, was the Japanese’s main attempt to knock out the U.S. Pacific Fleet so that ground forces could take Midway Island and then invade Hawaii and (in theory) from there attack California. The Japanese Navy suffered a devastating defeat at Midway; however, even if the Japanese had triumphed, most modern day military theorists agree that the Japanese Army could not have held Midway given that logistics and supplies would have been practically impossible to maintain.A Japanese aircraft carrier burns during the Battle of MidwayThe Lookout Air Raids, where a submarine launched Japanese bomber attacked Oregon, was the one successful attempt at hitting the actual mainland United States in a military assault. The air raids were negligible however, and merely caused a minor forest fire which was quickly extinguished. Even so, the Lookout Raids were the only time during the Second World War in which the continental United States was bombed by enemy aircraft.A Japanese submarine based sea bomber, like this one, attacked Oregon in September 1942In reality, while the Japanese had a plan to attack the United States, they had neither the manpower, logistics, or operational ability to carry it out.