From: Miriam English (miriam@werple.net.au)
Date: Mon Sep 24 2001 - 06:14:40 MDT
At 09:37 AM 24/09/2001, Doug Jones wrote:
>Pardon my sarcasm, but as an engineer with 20 years experience in real
>world design, build, testing, and analysis, I get A BIT TESTY when
>starry-eyed dreamers throw out utterly impractical castles in the sky
>without have *the least clue* that they are, indeed, impractical. The
>disconnect is so complete that a meaningful discussion is almost
>impossible, like virgins speculating about sex.
>
>--
>Doug Jones, Rocket Engineer
Yeah, like those idiots who suggested that a rocket could take a man to the
moon! What complete fools they must have been! To even consider sitting on
top of what would amount to a gigantic bomb and hope that it went off in a
controlled fashion -- how impractical is that! Then the idea of sitting in
a tin can for several days where the tiniest object could easily puncture
the habitation and the atmosphere bleed away in short order -- if it didn't
simply explode. Imagine how delicate it would be -- a major disaster could
ensue if just one of millions of parts went wrong. Boy it's lucky no short
sighted twits put that hare-brained scheme into practice... oh wait, they
did, didn't they. :-)
Do control yourself Doug. Eric wasn't suggesting it be put into practice
tomorrow, or that your rocketry budget be reallocated to his transport idea
-- he was just coming up with some interesting thoughts. Of course they are
bound to have some impracticalities, but if everybody simply shit on
blue-sky speculations that people make... well we would probably still be
living in caves... you certainly wouldn't have your rockets... and I
wouldn't have my computers.
- Miriam
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