Re: Ann Druyan interview in Discover Magazine

[Michael Turner]

How ironic that the callout quote predicts doom for democracy if science and technology are understood only by 'an elite minority', then the author of the article talks about a prototype solar sail having "eight *massive* Mylar-like panels" [emph. mine.]  Arrest Kathy Svitil immediately!  She's a danger to democracy! ;-)   -m ----- Original Message ----- From: LARRY KLAES To: setipublic Cc: BioAstro ; europa Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:39 AM Subject: Ann Druyan interview in Discover Magazine Discover Dialogue: Ann Druyan   Mistress of the Cosmos Sets Her Sail   âIf only an elite minority of Americans understands science and technology, there is no hope of democracyâ   By Kathy A. Svitil   DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 11 | November 2003   This is an extended version, exclusive to the Discover Web site, of the article that appears in Discover Magazine This fall a converted Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled to launch Cosmos 1, the worldâs first solar sail spacecraft, into Earth orbit. Powered only by the pressure of the sunâs photons striking its eight massive Mylar-like panels, Cosmos 1 will be unique. It is the first space mission sponsored by a public organization, the 100,000-member Planetary Society, cofounded by the late Carl Sagan, and the first financed by a media outlet, Cosmos Studios, a science-based entertainment company run by Ann Druyan, Saganâs widow and collaborator.   http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-03/departments/featdialogue/