"We are on the verge of a revolution in micro-monitoring - the capability for the highly detailed, largely automatic, widespread surveillance of our daily lives."
And in the next sentence says:
"while conserving the public's right to privacy."
If I know anything, it's that it can't be both ways...
Oh, in the last 30 years.
Well, not much has been done in the last 30 years.
Why? Because it's "too expensive" so you don't ge the spinoffs.
Remember the money doesn't go into a black hole, it goes into engineers pockets and into grocers pockets and maybe even your pockets.
I don't deny unmanned missions also have huge spinoffs, but manned missions have their own spinoffs (apollo anyone?)
The thing with manned space flight is, it A) provides inspiration, something with is sorely lacking these days, B) Paves the way for more and better space exploration and C) Has incalculably valuable spinoffs that change our daily lives for the better.
If that isn't a reason, I don't know what is.
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I propose LCARS (Library Computer Access and Retrieval System) be the operating system of choice for the fleet.
"We are on the verge of a revolution in micro-monitoring - the capability for the highly detailed, largely automatic, widespread surveillance of our daily lives." And in the next sentence says: "while conserving the public's right to privacy." If I know anything, it's that it can't be both ways...
Oh, in the last 30 years. Well, not much has been done in the last 30 years. Why? Because it's "too expensive" so you don't ge the spinoffs. Remember the money doesn't go into a black hole, it goes into engineers pockets and into grocers pockets and maybe even your pockets. I don't deny unmanned missions also have huge spinoffs, but manned missions have their own spinoffs (apollo anyone?)
Like these: http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html
The thing with manned space flight is, it A) provides inspiration, something with is sorely lacking these days, B) Paves the way for more and better space exploration and C) Has incalculably valuable spinoffs that change our daily lives for the better. If that isn't a reason, I don't know what is.
Damn, interesting...