“‘The space program began the day humans chose to walk out of their caves,’ says Chang Diaz. ‘By exploring space we are doing nothing less than insuring our own survival.’ Chang Diaz believes that humans will either become extinct on Earth or expand into space. If we pull off the latter, he says, our notion of Earth will change forever.”
With that red meat for the space cadets among us, the Smithsonian’s Air & Space Magazine surveys current theoretical endeavors in propulsion mechanics, including nuclear-based rocketry and fusion. “I grew up watching Apollo, and the systematic and well-thought-out march to that. And they did it. When you look into pioneering topics, there are those people who don’t want to touch it because it’s too far out there. But if it’s mature enough for you to at least start asking the right questions, and you do an honest job, then you can be a pioneer.“
Kevin,
Speaking of the space program (-> JFK ->EMK), any chance of a remembrance of Senator Kennedy? As someone who remembers the 1960 election, I am in deep mourning. Would love to have your thoughts. And any Capitol staff-type gossip you would care to share.
Keara, I posted briefly on the Senator’s passing here.
As far as Hill gossip goes, I’m still looking to create a distance between my work and blog lives, mainly to further reduce they very small chance that I get Marcotted. So, for now, I don’t ever plan to post work-related stuff in this space — Suffice to say, a lot of folks here are pretty shook up.
Kevin,
Thanks for your reply. Not sure how I missed your Kennedy post. No, no, no, I would never ask you, or expect you, to post current job-related anything. But over the years, I expect you have heard lots from those closer to Kennedy than the rest of use ever were, and I was hoping you could share some of that. Thanks again.