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Neal Stephenson On Rockets and Innovation

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the command-line-more-historic-every-day dept.

Dr. Gamera writes "Science-fiction author Neal Stephenson gives us his perspective on the history of the development of rocketry. He uses that history to illustrate the phenomena of path dependence and lock-in."

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  1. Re:designed by a horse's ass... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yes, we've seen it, as well as the refutations pointing out that the lack of rail standardizations proves it a total fabrication.

    Do try to keep up.