On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:07:19 -0700, Bill Clawson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My gripe with Lightcraft is that it sounds like a fine idea at first, but
>after reading the details in the tour, it sounded more like he was trying to
>spec a UFO from eyewitness accounts rather than come up with a realistic
>launch system.
I like to tease Leik about his projects: "Leik, if it glows, flies,
hums, and is saucer shaped - I'm sorry, but it's a flying saucer." He
gets sensitive about it, and I like him a lot, so I go easy.
Leik's contention is that rockets are all very well and good, but they
just don't have the specific impulse necessary to really enable a
spacefaring civilization. You need to get launch costs *really* down
from current levels. None of this $100/pound stuff, that's way too
expensive. Since that's on the order of the best you can do with
rocket-based technology, clearly you need more advanced technology
than rockets. Hence, lightcraft.
>To me, he's got the giggle factor turned up way too high on the project.
So, tell him.
-R
--
"Sutton is the beginning of wisdom -
but only the beginning."
-- Jeff Greason
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