A fitting tribute ? Hardly. DA was a wonderful author and just having a lump of rock named after him is not enough. I'd suggest Bruce Willis et al are sent into space to actually carve the initials onto said asteroid.;-)
Although maybe the asteroid is really far away and they could only carry enough oxygen for a one way trip ? Ho Hum.....
Slight topicality deviation;)
When I was a kid ( about 30 years ago ), Meccano was WAY better than Lego. I remember having a whole load of 'proper' brass gears - worm gears 90 degree shift gears ( or whatever they're called ), the whole shooting match.
Powering my creations I had a choice of a 12v electric motor - powerful but a little boring or a steam engine that ran on Meths. Now that was cool.
As an 8-12 year old Meccano kept me entertained far more than the Lego sets of the day. Although looking at some of stuff you can now get for Lego I may have to re-think next years Xmas list:)
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"American kids in my opinion are often more well rounded at youth" That would be the steady stream of Big Macs and chocolate they consume. =P
A fitting tribute ? Hardly. DA was a wonderful author and just having a lump of rock named after him is not enough. I'd suggest Bruce Willis et al are sent into space to actually carve the initials onto said asteroid. ;-)
Although maybe the asteroid is really far away and they could only carry enough oxygen for a one way trip ? Ho Hum.....
Slight topicality deviation ;)
When I was a kid ( about 30 years ago ), Meccano was WAY better than Lego. I remember having a whole load of 'proper' brass gears - worm gears 90 degree shift gears ( or whatever they're called ), the whole shooting match.
Powering my creations I had a choice of a 12v electric motor - powerful but a little boring or a steam engine that ran on Meths. Now that was cool.
As an 8-12 year old Meccano kept me entertained far more than the Lego sets of the day. Although looking at some of stuff you can now get for Lego I may have to re-think next years Xmas list :)