--- Alfred Urrutia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Right. Clipper ships. I mean dreadnaughts. Wait, I mean
> biplanes.
> No, monowing, how silly of me. Wait, jets, that's right, jets.
> Hey,
> this constant pushing the envelope thing seems to go against your
> idea
> that just because something is not feasible now it will be
> considered
> idiotic forever.
You push the envelope in the direction of a logical evolution.
Biplanes and jets share one thing in common, and that is the idea of
wings. In the same vein, clipper ships and dreadnaughts share the
same idea of floating in water. The difference is the power source.
Now, an airplane and a flying mech shares what in common?
> Unless there is a need, as you say. Explain to me what you think
> would
> be needed to get a large portion of humanity living on the Moon and
> in
> orbiting space colonies. And please do not include robots or any
> sort
> or human-piloted rig that includes manipulator arms that could
> possibly
> be converted into a weapon later or a powerful enough energy source
> to
> power all that. Basically explain where you get the idea that our
> needs
> at this moment have anything to do with what our needs may be 100
> years
> from now.
Are we anywhere NEAR space colonization yet? There are more pressing
concerns right now as far as that goes, which is how to get humans up
there, keep them up there, keep them alive, and get something useful
out of the entire endeavor. I think keeping them alive is more
important than defending them against space aliens.
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