Needless to say - I don't think that satelite is going anywhere ( and if it does go up - it will last about 2 minutes ) - it looked like a cardboard box with some solar cells stuck all around it.
In fact here it is....
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-04/09/c_131514165_6.htm.
[TW]Fox;21643888 said:Doubtless the next reply will be omg Americahas homeless people and a space programme.
Err, did you read what you quoted? He was saying they should feed their population, before pursuing such aims, but that it'd be a stupid critique of America to apply the same statement to them.
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Re: India. What does their space programme cost vs what benefits do they get? If it's cheaper than paying for American gear to survey their farmland, sort out their communications, etc, it's a decent investment (as well as if they can compete with other space agencies for getting contracts to put private satellites into space). If they could get the same stuff from America/Europe for cheaper, then it's stupid. It's not just a case of 'poverty + a space programme = automatically bad'.
Also, not in a clean room, NASA would go nuts if you ate a bag of crisps within 10 miles of one of it's shiny new toys.
As per my earlier post, please point out which sanctions you're talking about, and why they're directly causing a starving population.
Also, is it not possible that the North Koreans would be in a similar plight, with or without the sanctions, because it's a problem caused by their administration, rather than the sanctions? (The way they keep Pyongyang happy, to the detriment of the rest of the country, etc...)
http://www.sanctionswiki.org/North_Korea
Knock yourself out...
The banning of financial assistance/loans etc and the banning of most exports/imports from a large number of major nations makes it quite difficult to buy spare parts. Those they can buy are probably significant more expensive or worse quality than the ones we buy (for example).
A lot of the starvation issue comes down to major environmental problems they had in the 90s.
IMO we are a bunch of big bullies with sicks and stones, forcing a little kid into a corner and then being surprised when the kid picks up a rock himself...
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Why would the US, Japan or Korea be wary of its use as an ICBM, if they already have defences against ICBMs? The nuclear testing is more worrying.
The reporters were given a lot of access for this report, NK are showing some improvement.
lol at the big screen being a projector on a table, I could make a better launch center than that.
how do you come to that conclusion.
Well exactly, it's amateurish on a table!
the much more open nature by which kim's son has dealt with the west?