intertia

A Permanently Manned Moonbase (PMM) is "more viable" than sorties for the simple reason that, once in place, it will have programmatic intertia and require a larger expenditure of political capital to cancel than to continue.

Moon Outpost or Bust - NASA Watch 2009

The arguments flowing from bureaucratic intertia have their own validity.

Telephone Fees, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

If so, then probably just inattention/intertia rather than any deliberate decision. novakant Says:

Matthew Yglesias » The Cuteness Stimulus 2009

“I have mental control over momentum and intertia,” Eric said.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Call’s Review Forum 2009

I wonder if they thought of using the gyroscopic intertia of the flywheel to keep the car pushed to the road.

Porsche Unveils 911 Hybrid With Flywheel Speed Booster | Inhabitat 2010

Without a time table, intertia will keep Americans stationed in Iraq, as there will never be a perfect moment to withdraw. —

Obama Says Iraq Security Improved - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

If I restore the 2/5 for the momentu of intertia of a solid sphere I get the angular momentum of Jupiter is about 17 times that of the sun.

Shedding Light on the Sun's "Lithium Mystery" | Universe Today 2009

By Karen on Jan 4, 2010 | Reply there may be cultural and religious intertia, but the economic incentive is to have FEWER children, at least for the better off/high consuming families.

EcoGeek Interview crops up on io9 2009

On the other hand, some religious texts written by straight people thousands of years ago do ignore the concept of sexual orientation, so like with creationism there is considerable cultural intertia behind such denialism.

The Volokh Conspiracy » So Much for Academic Freedom: 2009

Obama would be wise to read up on Eisenhower, on Nixon, on Edmund Burke and others -- and realize that for him to be a truly great leader, he must get out of today's intertia-driven decisions that lean too much towards military answers to problems -- and that are leading the US to greater calamity, global irrelevance, and impotence.

Steve Clemons: Obama's Military Blind Spot? 2009