I've been working on this, educating people about science, in particular space travel, and rekindling that national interest in going to the moon. A few friends of mine and I are working on creating a non profit for that purpose. Sigh, the problem it seems with non profits is no one will contribute until you are a registered non profit, but you can't really get the paperwork and filing done to BECOME a non profit until some people contribute... Oh the things I would do if I were wealthy.
Alexander On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Kyle Mcallister <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Wed, 5/19/10, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All good points, Kyle. The only individual I can think of >> that is trying to >> reverse this trend is Dean Kamen, inventor of Segway. >> Segway is also not >> "practical" but it's still an impressive product that has >> found a niche >> market. And who knows... > > Kamen's got a hell of a lot more money than I do... United Neko is after all, > a multi-dollar corporation. So far, our best funding source has been the Sofa > Cushion Federal Credit Union (member FDIC, an equal housing lender). > > But more seriously..... I went around town telling people about this thing, > and some other stuff I've done/seen. I've seen the polls out there that say > American laypersons are scientifically inept, or don't care about anything to > do with science, etc. I don't know /who/ is being polled, but they were not > like that in Biloxi, Mississippi, and they aren't in Wheatfield, New York. > They eat the stuff up when told about it. A black kid at work today was > milling about the shop as I worked on his car. He struck up a conversation > with me. Most people would expect, from his race and style of dress, that > he'd be more interested in rap than anything else. > > Wrong. > > I told him about the flame radio. He was there for a long time past what was > required to work on his vehicle, simply because he wanted to know /how > something so simple can pick up radio waves./ We discussed all sorts of > things, including the cancellation of the plans to return to the Moon. Turns > out he wanted to see men walk there again. The discussion he and I had made > my day. > > There are people, young people included, out there who are willing to grab on > to this stuff. But how are we to get them motivated? > > --Kyle > > > > >
