remove
I guess he never met a software engineer,
then!.
As Nevil Shute was
fond of saying, "an
engineer is someone who can do for shilling
what any fool can do
for a pound."
-michael turner
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Christopher England wrote:
> If nano-devices could do this better, I'm for it.
Yes, of course. I think it is an interesting area because I am
not aware of anyone, even Drexler, who has investigated this
(the limits of ion propulsion).
But there is a *lot* of older work on
Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10531.html?onpi_listserv091203The Silent Landscape: The Scientific Voyage of HMS Challenger http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10725.html?onpi_listserv091203New Frontiers in the Solar System
Yes, but this temple is not destroyed annually, and
not by fire (except
in the one case
of the American
firebombing) as it was characterized
in the original posting
on the subject. (Context: the supposed
"lost arts" of Saturn V.)
Structures kept alive by institutionalized practices,
not
Title: Re: That Japanese Shrine
Thanks for finding that Larry. I thought I wasn't just
imagining all that as folklore about the Japanese Shrine. I
recall reading about it in National Geographic issue long ago.
And, I think that Shrine speaks volumes about itself.
Gary
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Better Fullerene sorting through clever electrochemistry:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/nanotech-03zt.html
I'm relieved -- I was afraid they'd give up and just ship
all those buckytubes off to Bangladesh to be
sorted by hand. ;-)
If space elevators precede an ice-drilling expedition to
Europa
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