Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Paul E Bennett Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Comet Landing - a triumph for Forth in Hardware and Forth in Software From steering telescopes to steering Philae Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 16:49:47 +0000 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <9d07693c-9246-4dce-b1a0-71edcb95be3b@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net HmR4bpjyutI2Ljsu8XBsdwwYjArCEHq2G9NTD/0j33P5az1dte Cancel-Lock: sha1:AYCqqF6IyEYSv+p+WCBqRWuwHqU= User-Agent: KNode/4.11.4 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:34507 Jason Damisch wrote: > On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:45:22 AM UTC-8, rati...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Do you folks believe in dreams and visions? > > I was watching a television program about comets in my motel room after > Forth Day. I saw that the television program was suggesting it would be > possible for humans to deflect such a wayward comet such that it would not > crash into the Earth. But, after following the "New Space" movement for > over a decade, I will conclude that we still may not be able to have the > redundant quick response heavy lift reusable launch capabilities necessary > to accomplish such a task. In my opinion, I think that if they discovered > a killer asteroid next week, and that if we only had two weeks afterwards > to deflect it, we as a species would be reduced to the stone age by the > fourth week. > > Humans... not as powerful or god-like as we would like to suppose. > > Jason Sometimes it is down to the money and political will and sufficiently educated workforce to get such projects off the ground early enough to be of real use. Sadly, it seems that the politics will keep the money out of the hands of those who could build such technologies until it will be too late. We are keeping a look out though. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET..... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy............. Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************