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Originally posted by WTFH View PostWell, it's 25 years later, so maybe time for an update to the program.
I suppose technology has made the world smaller so less need to travel quickly across the planet.
But humans will need to leave earth.
I am sure I read in new scientist a while ago about tentative plans for a craft that could travel at 20% the speed of light?Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostIn the last 25 years we have lost Concorde.
I suppose technology has made the world smaller so less need to travel quickly across the planet.
But humans will need to leave earth.
I am sure I read in new scientist a while ago about tentative plans for a craft that could travel at 20% the speed of light?Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostIn the last 25 years we have lost Concorde.
Smartphones, wifi, mobile data
We've lost:
Western Black Rhino, Northern White Rhino, Northern Sumatran Rhino, Alaotra Grebe, Japanese River Otter, Formosan Clouded Leopard, Bermuda Saw-whet Owl, Golden Toad, Hawaiian Crow, Pyrenean Ibex, Spix Macaw, Liverpool Pigeon, Black Faced Honeycreeper, Yangtze River dolphin, Holdridge Toad, ...I could go on, and there's more that are only "Possibly extinct"... Table 9…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostWe've "gained":
Smartphones, wifi, mobile data
We've lost:
Western Black Rhino, Northern White Rhino, Northern Sumatran Rhino, Alaotra Grebe, Japanese River Otter, Formosan Clouded Leopard, Bermuda Saw-whet Owl, Golden Toad, Hawaiian Crow, Pyrenean Ibex, Spix Macaw, Liverpool Pigeon, Black Faced Honeycreeper, Yangtze River dolphin, Holdridge Toad, ...I could go on, and there's more that are only "Possibly extinct"... Table 9Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostI doubt we'll ever have the capability/resources to do so. Seen any dolphins recently.....?Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostI was dragged in front of the TV and forced to watch it. I actually enjoyed it and enjoy remembering it.
What I object to is the deluge of news about this. Our society has way too much looking back. It needs to look forwards more.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostWe need dolphins to leave earth?
"So Long And Thanks For All The Fish"
…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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