Re: Interesting bit of news on sci.space.news about the Constellation space suit contract


"Brian Gaff" <Briang1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The problem is I suppose if you are the guys who have been making
something, its going to be awfully hard for anyone else to come close to
you on assembled knowledge. That is unless the brains move off and start
their own company, but that is hardly likely in today's climate and I bet
all the important ideas are patented from here to the end of the world and
back.

It's not that hard. The real knowledge is in the heads of the engineers who
design and maintain the suits. Hire a few of them away from the company who
lost the next big contract and you're in business.

As far as patents go, the really old ones expire and the newer ones can
usually be improved upon, which means a new patent.

Jeff
--
"Many things that were acceptable in 1958 are no longer acceptable today.
My own standards have changed too." -- Freeman Dyson


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