It seems to me, after reading far too many of these postings, that everybody is waiting for NASA or the government to make our science fiction dreams come true. What really should (and can) be done is to reignite the public's interest in the possiblities of space travel and the romance surrounding it. Those interested as I am should bring together information on a web-page, hype it, and provide content targeted at the layman. Then you can provide them with a magazine that fathers and mothers can read to their children and follow on a weekly or monthly basis. Use the cash to bring together intellectuals in various fields to discuss possiblities of space travel and how to do it. Make it exciting reporting the possibilities to the "Subscribers" and hype it some more. The hype could pick up if you offer the subscribership as a way for individuals to participate in the next technological/evolutionary leap for mankind. Offer chats and forums, web-talks with people on the "cutting edge" of space travel and engineering theory, and start to pull these guys together to get something done. Sell it to the news mags, etc. and get more interested people involved. As more people get involved, the more the Congress will see this as an important topic for voters and more funding will come. Keep reporting all the advances and interest will increase to a critical mass where things will REALLY HAPPEN. That all sounds like televangelism, I know. But I have the sneaking suspicion that this could really work. If you want to get things done, gotta' do it yourself.
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It seems to me, after reading far too many of these postings, that everybody is waiting for NASA or the government to make our science fiction dreams come true. What really should (and can) be done is to reignite the public's interest in the possiblities of space travel and the romance surrounding it. Those interested as I am should bring together information on a web-page, hype it, and provide content targeted at the layman. Then you can provide them with a magazine that fathers and mothers can read to their children and follow on a weekly or monthly basis. Use the cash to bring together intellectuals in various fields to discuss possiblities of space travel and how to do it. Make it exciting reporting the possibilities to the "Subscribers" and hype it some more. The hype could pick up if you offer the subscribership as a way for individuals to participate in the next technological/evolutionary leap for mankind. Offer chats and forums, web-talks with people on the "cutting edge" of space travel and engineering theory, and start to pull these guys together to get something done. Sell it to the news mags, etc. and get more interested people involved. As more people get involved, the more the Congress will see this as an important topic for voters and more funding will come. Keep reporting all the advances and interest will increase to a critical mass where things will REALLY HAPPEN. That all sounds like televangelism, I know. But I have the sneaking suspicion that this could really work. If you want to get things done, gotta' do it yourself.