not really actually
a friend of mine works in the biz and an analisys/redesign was done
using all the computing power availablle today they could
only lighten the structure by a few %
the concord is probbly about as good as we could do.

this story is related through a long chain so
there may be a bit of "purple monkey dishwasher"
(chinese whispers, though thats probbly racist or something)
to deal with in here.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2003 6:09 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: NASA's new mandate ???
>
>
> On 3 Dec 2003 at 8:44, Mike Hord wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> You believed that?
>
> They phased out the Concorde because it cost more to keep the
> damn thing in
> service than they were bringing in from the flights.
>
> I'd venture to say that we can build better planes today than we
> could when that thing
> was originally built.
>
> <snip>
>
> BRs,
> mike
>
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