RE: Brin: Why we still use rockets . . .

2011-02-12 Thread Dan Minette
The truth seems to be between these two arguments. I think that's valid. Rockets were a technology who's time had come. I think the fact that delivering 1000 bombs could destroy a nation had something to do with how quickly they were developed at first, but in a world that had a jet starting

Re: Brin: Why we still use rockets . . .

2011-02-11 Thread Gary Denton
Although I normally like Stirling Newberry this deconstruction is not one of his better blog posts. The truth seems to be between these two arguments. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Wayne Eddy darkenf...@gmail.com wrote: The deconstruction seems more reasonable than the article to me. On

Re: Brin: Why we still use rockets . . .

2011-02-04 Thread KZK
Ronn! Blankenship Space stasis: What the strange persistence of rockets can teach us about innovation. - By Neal Stephenson - Slate Magazine - http://www.slate.com/id/2283469/ I just read an article that completely deconstructed that article:

Re: Brin: Why we still use rockets . . .

2011-02-04 Thread Wayne Eddy
The deconstruction seems more reasonable than the article to me. On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 7:44 AM, KZK evil.ke...@gmail.com wrote: Ronn! Blankenship Space stasis: What the strange persistence of rockets can teach us about innovation. - By Neal Stephenson - Slate Magazine -