Add one more: I coined this a number of years ago out of my personal experience: "The Analyst's Motto: There is nothing so simple that it cannot be made complicated with a little effort."
Watch the skies!
Gail
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Date: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:37:05 AM
Subject: Re: Project Status
Well put.
Here are the rules for life - as I have them:
"You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." - Eli Callaway
"Nothing is impossible - just damned difficult." - Joe Latrell
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars." - Les Brown
Lets say we build a ice munching, rock dodging, in your face submarine.
Joe Latrell
On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 10:49, Gail Leatherwood wrote: > In the beginning, John Byrne proposed a new project, called fancifully "A > Wild Idea." And the idea was without form (well, almost) and void, and > confusion covered the face of the group. In time, a few glimmers of light > appeared in the firmament of the heavens, but most were quickly extinguished > as illogical, impractical, unworkable, or just plain silly. A few hardy > souls (probably incurable romantics) clamored for continuation in spite of > the reasoned arguments that "It can't be done," but it appears that this > project is, as some wag suggested many years ago in a land far, far away, > Stick a fork in it, it's done!" > Ah, but as a good friend and colleague of mine once said frequently, "Not so > fast--not so fast!" > This particular project, a self contained, self propelled ice penetrator > built from off the shelf parts by non-technical persons, may be dead, but > there is a serendipity here: > 1. We have an organization started where none existed before. > 2. We have a data base started with info on specific talents. > 3. We have a mechanism for a bank account if we decide to go with > another project. > 4. There has been more interest exhibited by not only long-time > contributors, but several new and very enthusiastic participants. > 5. There may be an opportunity for a commercial application with a > potential funding source if anyone dares to try to build a > prototype. > It may well be that the only thing that will work on Europa will be a > sophisticated, highly engineered, multimillion dollar cryobot delivered by > NASA's best, but perhaps we could, in our own small way, have some fun just > building a model and seeing what works. > And the Great God Jupiter looked out upon his children and observed "Still > untouched by human hands," and concluded that it was good and he could go > back to sleep. > Gail >
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