tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post4625243922208194536..comments2024-01-03T20:28:17.727-08:00Comments on Future Planetary Exploration: Reactions to the Budget ProposalVan Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227978868817989527noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-34794470374566980722013-05-06T13:33:12.180-07:002013-05-06T13:33:12.180-07:00Getting to meet the Prez is almost as good as winn...Getting to meet the Prez is almost as good as winning The Stanley Cup.<br />I've reaffirmed my faith in NASA.<br />Earth is vulnerable in a few ways including robotic replicators and solar flares and Dr Evils throwing asteroids.<br />So I really like Googie architecture and hope it enjoys a rebirth; modernism was uncertainty, which fit the mood after WWI. Post-modernism is like a religion that doesn't pick a prophet. And realism is the paradoxical man trying to keep those taxes flat and get a ticket to heaven. If we are utilitarian we should get there if it is there. In the meantime, we need rotating space colonies. "We" aren't sure if AI is good or bad. Same for advanced bioengineering; certainly we want the longevity. Uncertainty if superbrains too.<br />So I suggest marketing flying on Titan and living a long-time, for now, for a better future for our kids. And quantum encryption; it is useful for some observatories and this should be funded to help enforce dangerous technologies.The Keystone Garternoreply@blogger.com