From: Brian Atkins <brian@posthuman.com>
>What do you think, is this interesting to consider? Myself, I
>think things would progress even more quickly if we took a
>big chunk of this military budget and spent it on funding
>science projects more directly. Not to mention we could have
>finished that particle accelerator in Texas...
Texas politicians pulled a political fast one to get the SSC, first chance they got, the enemies they made cut them and the project to ribbons.
As for this moral project, I disagree completely. There are to many military problems in the world to consider this currently. Our best bet is to stay ahead technology.
Brian
Member, Extropy Institute
www.extropy.org
Chicago, IL