Author: KarinsDad
Date: 20:07:27 06/03/99
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On June 03, 1999 at 20:57:21, James B. Shearer wrote: >On June 03, 1999 at 18:36:31, Prakash Das wrote: > > >> Building the super collider in Texas (instead of shelving it) would have >>produced some great advances in high energy physics, and many applications to >>other areas. > > The super collider in Texas was the same sort of wasteful megaproject >that you properly object to in space. Both push existing technology well past >the point of diminishing returns. > James B. Shearer Although I am on the fence with regard to the super collider (I like the notion of advancing science, I just do not have the foresight to see the return in this case), I would like to point out the following about the space race: 1) The satellite technology that allows us our Internet connectivity that we use right here at CCC would be in more of an infancy if not for the space race. 2) In the US, there was a huge push for students to study math and science in the 60s and 70s due to the space race. I am sure the same happened in the Soviet Union (but I do not know this for a fact). Because of this, a lot of other scientific areas such as medicine and computers have reaped enormous benefits. Do not be so quick to just look at a man jumping around on the moon in front of a camera as the only benefit of the space race. Your ability to play Fritz or Hiarcs at home is DIRECTLY related. KarinsDad :)
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