[ExI] Why space tech isn't cutting edge

[BillK]

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 8:57 PM, spike wrote:
> No, for I am one of those corpses.  I have the failed processors tested at
> the Berkeley cyclotron to show for it.
>
> Sometimes great things are accomplished by those who do not know what cannot
> be done.  The rest of the time, they learn what cannot be done and why,
> often at great expense.
>
>

Ah - Thomas Edison.

Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000
ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged,
because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward....

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.


BillK