Re: New Scientist 50-year forecasts
- From: fairwater@xxxxxxxxx (Derek Lyons)
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:33:24 GMT
Monte Davis <monte.davis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/science-forecasts
Of the 70+ "short takes" here, maybe ten (Steve Squyres, Freeman
Dyson, and Piet Hut on the search for life, and others on x-treme
astronomy and cosmology) involve space science; not one puts manned
spaceflight or its possible consequences at or near the focus.
That's not entirely surprising - as the astronaut on orbit has about
as much to do with science as the deckhand on an oceanographic
research vessel does. He's an enabler and supporter of the projects a
scientist wants done - but not a scientist (per se) himself.
Admittedly these are billed as *science* rather than technology
forecasts. Still, it's an interesting data point on just how much (or
little) mind share space currently has on the pop-science scene.
In some ways I think I'd have been disturbed if space had shown up
widely on the list. Space is a place, a means - not a goal.
D.
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-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL
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