7 Oct
2004
7 Oct
'04
2:01 p.m.
I am agreed, so far as you go. But sometimes the most impenetrable barriers are barriers of the imagination. Consider why the laser was not invented until 1960 (though Einstein recognized the existence of stimulated emission in 1917). It was a tremendous breakthrough, but could have been done long before. It has had tremendous impact since. Jim ---- Jim Cobb james@cobb.name On Oct 7, 2004, at 11:27 AM, Chuck Hards wrote:
Neat accomplishment, but the claims of NASA "shaking in their boots" are plain old hype and premature by decades.
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Your wet-blanket editorialist (realist).