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Re:Should gifted students go to a separate school? on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:25PM (#13484247)
This point needs to get more attention, anyone who is boiling this down to a simple black/white situation is oversimplifying the issue.

Determining the value in integrating "gifted" kids with "non-gifted" kids is in effect the same argument that is held with regard to determining the affect that charter schools have on our school system, simply change the modifier from gifted/non-gifted to interested/uninterested in school and we are having the same debate.

There are pros and cons to both models and people have to admit to both sides of it, otherwise they are being disingenuous with their analysis.

Re:SpaceX's Falcon 9 first stage has landed (again) on Saturday May 28, 2016 @11:03AM (#11791856)
Is the plan to re-launch the booster during their normal launch schedule (i.e. carrying a client's satellite/material into space)? Or is the plan to simulate a launch and not add additional risk to the launch?

If it is the former, do they think they will be able to adequately calculate a risk percentage for the re-launch? I would assume that if a client is going to be the first test dummy for this process, that they will negotiate significant rate decreases based on the perceived additional risk and the cheaper cost associated with reusing the booster.