Re: .. What if Tom Hanks filmed the...Future...of NASA instead of it's past?

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:52 -0500, Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

but the basic energy use profile of a VTOL flying
machine is poor in comparison to a wheeled vehicle, and its failure
modes generally a lot more severe.

....The energy source problem is solved by killing all the hippies and
treehuggers standing in the way of safe nuclear power development. The
rotor problem has a fix of sorts, but it means squat if the blades
have been sheared off. That's the part they can't fix, unless they can
develop a safety device that either automatically steers you towards
an outdoor display promoting a wholesale bulk foam distributor's
convention, or can instantly produce said underneath the chopper *and*
makes sure it's upright -before- impact.

OM
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