[extropy-chat] USA - No Science, No space travel, No money ........

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Bret Kulakovich <bret at bonfireproductions.com> wrote:
> 
> I can agree with all your points. But conversely, it is cheaper for a
> person to drive a tractor trailer across country than a robot. We
> need to get that relationship with space.
> 
> Also - it's not just engineering. There is a great deal science to be
> done. Look at breakthrough propulsion physics - we're not getting out
> of this system without something real and new.

Well, on this note, some long time list members here may remember my
long time affection for innovative 'propellantless' propulsion
concepts. Well, it may be time for me to say "I told you so"
(especially you Damien) as NASA is currently turning one of those
concepts, which it earned a patent on, into a workable electric
propulsion system needing no propellant (and it's not a sail).

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com

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