Scott wrote: > There was > no shortage of US innovation during most of the period since 1960 (we went > to the moon, for example). But, given the US tort environment, there is no > business case for taking the risk to build a really-new general aviation > aircraft, only "proven designs".
Terribly huge issues - yes. The moon landing was innovation based in late 1940's (...probably...) but using gumption of the space race of 1960 JFK and them dern rooskies. A bit of technology perhaps but probably most of the design used 1890's slide rule technology (...or whenever slide rules were developed...). And then there's tort environs... still a total hindrance to innovation today. And money. Orvill & Wilbur seemed to be able to do things on somewhat shoestring. Not too much since those halcyon days has been innovated or invented. Tesla was shut down and that might have been a huge innovation against the unsightly Westinghouse distribution systems necessary today. It seems that education is the largest cookie cutter destructive tool today. Education is doing nothing for the next generation regarding learning or innovation and invention. mao _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
