Wind Farms cause global warming
To be honest, a good bit of orbital work these days could be done by monkees. The talent we fly is way overkill in most cases now.
The development of atomic power, though it could confer unimaginable blessings on mankind, is something that is dreaded by the owners of coal mines and oil wells. (Hazlitt)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
Yes if they ever did start building manhattan island sized multi-gigawatt SPS in GEO stationary orbit(or something like that) who would do the work of assembley etc? Most likely 25yr old rigger types not 40yr old PHD/Master types. Type of person who can do hard but fairly dull work day after day for months, welding soddering moving parts into position etc.ladajo wrote:To be honest, a good bit of orbital work these days could be done by monkees. The talent we fly is way overkill in most cases now.
Basically, the brightest of those that do the same work well in a gravity well now.williatw wrote:Yes if they ever did start building manhattan island sized multi-gigawatt SPS in GEO stationary orbit(or something like that) who would do the work of assembley etc? Most likely 25yr old rigger types not 40yr old PHD/Master types. Type of person who can do hard but fairly dull work day after day for months, welding soddering moving parts into position etc.ladajo wrote:To be honest, a good bit of orbital work these days could be done by monkees. The talent we fly is way overkill in most cases now.