On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:42:48 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>enigma wrote:
>
>> what we need is someone with an alternate energy vision akin
>> to JFK's space race vision. developing technology doesn't
>> occur in a vacuum
>
>If it's SPACE technology, it's in a vacuum! :-)
>
Good one! Most people don't know how/what to think of "space",
especially when presented as a vacuum. Maybe that subject will come
up on Naked Science sometime. I can barely understand the theory of
relativity - even when it's presented in layman's terms.



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