Re: A NASA-insider's announcement of Cassini launch

Andy Robert Steinberg (dracula@thecia.net)
Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:09:42 -0400

Glenn Battin wrote:
>
> Andy Robert Steinberg wrote:
> > <SNIP>
> > >
> > 25 years ago UCLA students built a car that ran on water that got 100 miles/gallon
> > very quickly and polluted very little. Much alternative technology has existed for
> > some time, like Tucker's car, that has been squashed by the iron fists of small-minded
> > inferior competitors and greedy oil magnates running our economies off petrol.
>
> NASA uses H2 (hydrogen) to fuel their vehicles now!
>
> > > <SNIP>
> > >
> > > Are you familiar w/ Freeman Dyson? He believes that big $$$ spent on
> >
> > Yes. He proposed constructing a giant sphere completely surrounding a Sun to capture all
> > its energy and provide living space for zillions of people. However, it would take all non-
> > stellar material from a dozen solar systems to build a Dyson Sphere.
>
> I saw the same Star Trek episode. Very cool plot. Wouln't ya know that the star was
> gonna go nova destroying the man-made sphere just after the good guys barely escaped?

I knew about Dyson years before I saw that STNextGen episode. Perhaps the star was unstable
BECAUSE of the Dyson Sphere?

>
> This is not the reference I had in mind though, not the Dysonsphere.
> Rather, H3 (deuterium) is related to H2 (hydrogen). Dyson beleives
> (fairly recent book) that someone may find a practical way to liberate
> and harness this power present here on Earth.
> > <SNIP>
> > Nasa expenditures were much heavier under JFK, Nixon, and the Cold War than they are
> >now.How about that peace dividend that we are NOT recieving snce the end of
> the cold war!
>
> > Outer Space should receive equal attention as Inner Space. I'd love to see underwater
> > cities as much as Space colonies.
>
> This would be a step forward.
> <SNIP>
> > > Thanks for the dialog.
> > > Glenn
> >
> > You're welcome, I also enjoy arguing with an intelligent opponent.
> >
> > andy
>
> Likewise. However, intelligent discussion sounds friendlier.
> Glenn

Are you accusing me of being stupid and angry? ;=)

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