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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: In the interview Gore claimed he "took the initiative in creating the Internet." Gore entered Congress in January 1977, many of the components of what we now call the Internet existed well before that time. Yes. That does not alter the fact that the charge that Gore claimed to have invented the internet is false. Gore claimed --perhaps clumsily, and certainly self servingly-- to have been a leader in the Senate in matters related to internet technology. Political opponents spun the statement to make it appear that Gore had delusions of scientific grandeur. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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Let's add the temperature-sensitive foam that many of us sit/sleep on,
and keeps Oregon Aero in business. Another bonus from NASA? Paid my salary (contractor) for 4 years and got me a faculty fellowship for 2 (and I got to work on the Mars programs doing that!!!!) |
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leslie wrote:
http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/sp....html#computer NASA spinoffs, space benefits, space history, NASA space spinoffs, NASA technology products The following list of spinoffs is from: http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/spinoff.html THE BEST OF NASA'S SPINOFFS Laser Angioplasty Cardiac Imaging System Advanced Pacemaker Implantable Heart Aid Body Imaging Computer Reader for the Blind Ocular Screening System Advanced Wheelchair Radiation-Blocking lenses Collision Avoidance System (for aircraft) Self-Righting life Raft Weather Information Processing Corrosion-Resistant Coating Air/Wastewater Purification Systems Heat Pipes for the Alaska Pipeline Cordless Products Stratch-Resistant Sunglass Coating Structural Analysis (NASTRAN) Clean Room Apparel --Jerry Leslie Note: is invalid for email The problem with the spinoff justification is that you cannot prove that those things wouldn't have been invented in some other research project. Indeed what we don't know is whether or not better and/or more numerous spinoffs wouldn't have been discovered had the money been spent on some other research. In the interests of full disclosure, let me say that I work on a NASA project: I work at the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a software engineer on the CHANDRA X-RAY orbiting observatory. Now the interesting thing here is that one of the detectors on CHANDRA is a spinoff from....... the military. The High Resolution Camera (HRC) uses a technology called "Micro Channel Plates". This was developed by the military and was secret stuff for a while. But it became declassified so we used it on CHANDRA. So you see, spinoffs can come from anywhere. There's nothing sacred special, or unusual about NASA generated spinoffs. The other aspect of the discussion which is often overlooked is that if funds are taken from NASA, they don't automatically get allocated to other research projects. They might go towards building a bridge, a road (worthy things), or some legislator's fave pork project. So you roll the dice if you take funds FROM NASA. So from this standpoint, it's a bird in the hand argument. -- Saville Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments: http://home.comcast.net/~saville/backstaffhome.html Restoration of my 82 year old Herreshoff S-Boat sailboat: http://home.comcast.net/~saville/SBOATrestore.htm Steambending FAQ with photos: http://home.comcast.net/~saville/Steambend.htm |
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Ron Garret wrote:
That is true, but there is considerably more controversy over whether *manned* space exploration is worthy of taxpayer funding, and more controversy still over whether taxpayers ought to continue to fund NASA. This guy says it better than I can. http://makeashorterlink.com/?O5714629B George Patterson Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks. |
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message ... Yes. That does not alter the fact that the charge that Gore claimed to have invented the internet is false. Yes. That does not alter the fact that Gore claimed quite a bit more than just voting for the original appropriation, which is the only point I made. |
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