From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2003 - 21:18:07 MST
Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> avatar wrote,
...cloning could never successfully occur in our lifetime. It's only
science fiction...
>
...automated linear accelerators on the moon...
...La Grange point inhabitation
would happen in our lifetime. It's only science fiction.
>
... automated planes and beam weapons were the future of warfare...
>
...automation including modularity and self-reproduction would lead to the
abolition of manual work...
>
...new materials would lead to space towers in our lifetime...
>
...experiments on animals resulting in extended lifespan...
>
> These were all good points, but many of them are still science fiction...
> Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <http://HarveyNewstrom.com>
Sadly, the only area mentioned above in which we
really have made dramatic advancements is the one
involving warfare. We have automated planes that
can carry and fire missiles, and we have directed
energy beam weapons.
Cloning is nearly illegal, and most experimentation
on animals seems to be headed that way. We have done
damn little with space, other than put up lots of
communication satellites, and a LEO space station
(of sorts).
I seriously doubt we will get a Lagrange station,
no money to be made there. Space tower, forget it.
Far from abolishing manual labor, we have intentionally
kept it, at enormous expense.
On the other hand, the internet compensates for many
of the disappointments. That may be a less flashy
but far important development than all the others.
spike
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