Re: Some extra special reading for you guys!!

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 5:54:48 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 5/31/2020 1:06 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
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>  > (Bob L Will appreciate this) One of the consistent themes that is=20
> prevalent in Science Fiction novels is the future involvement of=20
> business fueling the exploration of space for minerals, sources of=20
> energy, construction, and civilian travel.
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>  > And this is the beginning of that. We witnessed that. Astounding,=20
> Amazing !  !
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>  > Certainly nothing even close to that could be attained by a=20
> Socialistic society.
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>  > Congratulations ----- Elon Musk =3D
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> I'm still waiting for a manned light sail, and ships with AG from the=20
> quantum black hole at the center of the ship that they fire particles=20
> into to generate energy.
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> I wish I could remember the titles and authors of all the sci fi I read=
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> growing up.  There were some great robber baron business frontier stories=
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I know what you mean. I still have a box down in the basement somewhere wit=
h the first science fiction book I ever read, probably 12 -13 years old. I =
got it for Christmas, I think. I don't remember what the story was about bu=
t I can still conjure up the picture on the jacket of a little boy, looking=
 up at the sky with a rocket (in the shape of a Jules Vern type rocket ship=
) blasting off into a blue sky.=20

I'm thinking/hoping they achieve control of atomic fission first. The avail=
ability of unlimited power will free up industry to produce whatever other =
sources and methods that are necessary to conquer outer space. Sad as it ma=
y be, I wont see it but it's coming soon.=20

However, what we can say is=20
LOOK HOW FAR WE HAVE COME IN JUST OUR SHORT TIME HERE.=20

In my lifetime, about the time I was born, probably the best flying machine=
 was the DC3. Shortly before that, Lindberg crossed the Atlantic. Just thin=
k of all the amazing things that have happened since then. If we can just h=
old it together here on this planet for a little longer, the move to outer =
space will consume the imaginations, dreams and lives of everyone.=20

This is when I wish I had the genes of Heinlein's  Lazarus Long
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If you want to read something interesting Google " The Notebooks of Lazarus=
 Long". and "Quotes of Lazarus Long".=20

Get back to me with your thoughts.