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From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: Radiation L3 [was:Re: Times have changed, 'green' sells
products L3]
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> Sure, IF we make them. What IF we don't? What happens then?
> R&D is important, but we cannot count on it producing in time to
> make a difference...we have to work with what we have now.
Well, the framework I'm thinking of for "time to make a difference" is 100
to 200 years. Indeed, we have very different guesses about space programs.
For me, and a number of other physicists, the space program is a shining
example of long plateaus in technical development. I would guess that
manufacturing in space will still be less than 0.1% of the economy in 100
years.
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> Most capitalists dislike that intensely...but hey, it's TRUE.
>
Actually capitalists like that very much. Corporate research is limited to
very few companies. It is development that is favored.
Dan M.
