"Our job is not to make up anybody’s mind, but to open minds, and to make the agony of decision-making so intense you can escape only by thinking."
- Fred W. Friendly (1915-1998)

"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you mad."
- Aldous Huxley

"If you have ever injected truth into politics, then you have no politics."
- Will Rogers

Friday, August 24, 2012

Space Elevators

If you haven't read about space elevators, this is a fascinating concept, although the theory seems to be ahead of the actual materials and design know-how at this point. 

Where are you, billionaire "job-creator" class?    Time to buck up, invest in some R&D, and do something besides announcing layoffs and wishing for the magical return of American manufacturing dominance. 

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