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Food For Thought: Why Explore Space
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In which Dr. David Brin, science fiction author and highly savvy dude, drops a chunk of knowing on us. And raises my opinion of President Eisenhower.
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March 30th, 2010 at 8:42 am
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March 30th, 2010 at 8:48 am
Thank you, Tom, for posting this clip.
David Brin, besides being a brilliant astrophysicist, is an incredible author of speculative fiction.
I can wholeheartedly recommend ANY of his books, but I would especially recommend his “Uplift” series, and his 50-year projection novel, “Earth”, written in 1988 and an envisioned planet in the year 2038.
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March 30th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
I’ve enjoyed reading Brin’s books, and have been reading his blog, Contrary Brin, for over 5 years.
As long as the space program remains under 1 percent of the federal budget, we are not going anywhere in space. It should be at least 15 percent for a few decades until we can get at the resources that are just waiting to be mined and processed.
For example, we should already be harvesting CHON in the Asteroid Belts and Oort Cloud by now.
Even though I disagree with him on many political matters, Brin’s disdain for all things George Lucas makes up for it.
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March 30th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
George Lucas blows.
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March 30th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
I’m warming up to Shad already. LOL
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March 30th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
I’m going to add this guy to my RSS feed blog watch. My own thoughts on space are probably not developed enough to articulate fully. But my general thoughts are that we should: 1) not do to space what we’re doing to the earth 2) pool the world’s resources and talents for space endeavors instead of nations competing against each other 3) think of our space budget as an investment with real dividends (such as the 1% royalty Brin mentions) 4) better integrate science education with the space program because its all there – physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy.
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March 30th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
“May I see your drivers license and registration?”
“Uh, certainly.”
“What’cha doin’?”
“Chewin’ chocolate.”
“Where’d ya get it?”
“Doggy dropped it.”
“Carry on.”
:phew:
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