Don't forget your towel. On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:55 PM H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. >>>> >>>>
