<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"></div>That pushes the deadline back a bit, but remember the conclusion to Cities in Flight! (At the risk of spoiling a 60+ year old book, the last book has an appropriate title."<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">As an aside, it is gratifying to see that reference come up. The handle I have been using online for 20+ years came from that text. I did come across a "spindizzy" once upon a time and inquired about the name, but he had no idea what I was talking about and at turned out to be a DJ thing. But I digress! It really is a fascinating tetralogy, even if Blish's prognostication on the future of anti-Communism is stronger than his command of Greek etymology! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 20:50 William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">In a few billion years we'll likely be able to move the moon. Remember 'spindizzy'? (Cities in Flight - Blish) bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:55 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">> permanent U.S./allies Moonbase<div><br></div><div>When the sun turns into a red giant in a few billion years and scoops up the Earth - and the Moon with it - won't that likely cause survivability issues for a base on the Moon? :P</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:30 AM John Grigg via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I can't get over that Hubble was deployed back in 1991, and that the space shuttles are now ancient history. But with a resurgent China now committed to a very active space program, the rivalry created by it should get NASA and American private enterprise moving forward out of a desire to not be left behind... I hope to see within my lifetime a permanent U.S./allies Moonbase, and a manned mission to Mars. I suppose there will be two big manned missions to Mars, one by China, and the other by the U.S. and her allies. <br></div><div><br></div><div>"Over three decades ago, NASA's STS-31 mission saw the Space Shuttle
Discovery launch and bring with it the iconic Hubble Space Telescope.
The Hubble is still orbiting the Earth today, and it continues to beam
back images of our universe to help us understand more about the cosmos.
To celebrate all of the time the telescope has spent among the stars, <a href="https://rstyle.me/+NUIRbcZx3Y8jw9fe4ZKInw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">LEGO</a> has developed a new <a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2021/march/lego-nasa-discovery-space-shuttle" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Space Shuttle Discovery set</a> in collaboration with NASA."
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/lego-space-shuttle-discovery/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mymodernmet.com/lego-space-shuttle-discovery/</a></div></div>
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