You know, I've heard this crap before, it's just not true.
Just because we "CAN" do something, doesn't mean we "SHOULD" do it.

A 3 GHz Pentium 4 is more advanced than a PIC, but it's still not the best
choice when all you need to do is blink a couple LEDs.

-Denny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hord" <gaidinmd@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [OT]: NASA's new mandate ???


> Let's keep our hopes up, shall we?
>
> I read an article not too long ago that argued that the end
> of the Transatlantic service by the Concorde was a herald of
> the end of mankind's technological dominance.  The argument
> was something to the effect that, for the first time ever,
> humanity was stepping back from an advanced transportation
> method (think about going back to horse-and-buggies after
> having automobiles).  If you think about it, in a lot of ways,
> that's what the current space program represents.
>
> In the movies, there's always some dramatic method to get
> people to the moon, or the approaching comet or asteroid
> or whatever, but here and now, if we had to do it within
> a year, we'd be way out of luck.
>
> Mike H.
>
> >All speculation. but allegedly form a well informed source.
> >
> >
> >" ... sweeping new vision of U.S. space leadership ... use of the Moon
for
> >technology development and partnerships between NASA and the Defense
> >Department to make maximum use of existing or planned U.S. space systems
> >...
> >... a roadmap to what some are calling "renewed U.S. space dominance"
> >during
> >2004.
> >
> >Sounds feasible until you get to the $US250 million pa budget.
> >
> >
> >         http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=902
> >
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