At 03:48 PM 06/01/2006, CW wrote:
I have no problems with "blue sky" research, the idea of following up even the wildest of theoretical ideas to see if they have any viability. Even if totally wrong, the work that would be done would provide research; reminds me of something a physicist once told me: even if you fall on your face, you're six feet closer to where you want to go.
I like that. Thomas Edison failed hundreds of times to create a light bulb and when asked if the failures discouraged him, he said something like "They aren't failures. I have succeeded in proving that those methods don't work."
I hope they go for it. I'd love to spend a week on Mars or go for a cruise around Jupiter.
T
