On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Klaus Stock <k...@stock-consulting.com> wrote:
snip > But now I wonder if we haven't already reached the goal of becoming a > "degenerate race". Progress mainly happens in marketing, not in > research and development. And while we have a lot of "hero material" > in our population, none of them is apparently able to make a > difference. Would you be interested in being a hero? I can supply the program, but it's beyond me to lead it. To old for one thing. In short, we build one power satellite the hard way with conventional rockets or rocket planes. The first one is used for laser propulsion, and that drops the price of lifting parts to GEO so far that burning fossil fuel is more expensive than power from space. Presumable, that ends the use of fossil fuels. If your are not interested do you know anyone who is? Keith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L5_Society _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
