The Amateur Future of Space Travel

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/magazine/01nasa-t.html?ex=1340942400&en=53ede2c81e72c38f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

by smg • 19 years ago

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smg• 19 years ago

Here is the part that I think many of us building their web applications might agree with ....

Much of mechanical innovation boils down to finding just the right compromises to such puzzles. Many of us think of invention or innovation as a wholly conceived, brand-new, big-leap-forward creation unlike anything that has preceded it. But much of mechanical success involves fiddling with the inherent conflicts within a device until you find a tiny interstice among the countervailing forces, that sweet spot, where the device suddenly does what you want it to do. In the case of the glove, the sweet spot is the precise tradeoff of restraint and flexibility that will allow for maximum dexterity.

Tichy• 19 years ago

Too bad that it is such an incredibly annoying article. Why do they waste 8 pages of my time, if they could sum up everything nicely in one page? Could someone relate what the incredible invention turned out to be, because somehow I can't bear to read that article to the end.

I am still able to read books, so it can't be an ADD problem...

The Amateur Future of Space Travel

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