https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8gu1p939a4 Fritz Lang's 1929 vision of spaceflight.
Wear a sweater! Harry On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:11 PM Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oops. That was a different Robin. :) > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:06 PM Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Indeed, Robin. First we must overcome The Great Filter. >> >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:00 PM Robin <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au> >> wrote: >> >>> In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:11:08 -0400: >>> Hi, >>> [snip] >>> >This is exactly why starships travel in subspace. <insert British >>> "sniff"> >>> >>> ...se we revert to SciFi to maintain the dream, rather than face reality? >>> >>> I think it's time we change the dream. We are not going to be leaving >>> the Sol system any time soon, so we had better >>> adapt to the fact and learn to live with one another here on Earth. OTOH >>> there is still plenty of room for expansion >>> within the Solar system. Lots of lovely planets and moons. Granted, the >>> conditions are not ideal for life as we know it, >>> but with the application of technology & energy some of them can be made >>> habitable. >>> >>> If "subspace" ever becomes a reality, then we can reconsider the matter. >>> >>>
