 Mohir says: If everything goes well, Blackswift could provide a basic platform for the development of further military space vehicles. Which is simultaneously really neat and pretty terrifying. Before the doomsayers and whiners chime in, it's also important to note that ALOT of the technology used in everyday life was derived from Military/Space projects- Velcro being just one of them. Yes, but this is the weaponization of space, very different stuff. Yes, but this is the weaponization of space, very different stuff.Supposedly space is already weaponized with killer satellites. If I remember right the jet engine was also created for military fighter aircraft. But now we use them for commercial/ cargo transport. So while it can be argued that the craft will be used as a weapons delivery platform, it could also be used with a peacetime application. FedEx could get stuff around the world in the blink of an eye, for instance. And because the craft operates above the stratosphere, it would not pollute our environment as much as traditonal aircraft. ALOT of the technology used in everyday life was derived from Military/Space projects- Velcro being just one of them.I happen to know that Hungarian Velcro farmers have been raising the stuff for hundreds of years on their plantations on the shores of Lake Balaton. That has to be true, because I read it a long time ago in the Wall Street Journal. Either that, or it was brought to Earth by a stranded Vulcan Science expedition - that has to be true because I saw it on Star Trek: Enterprise. (Actually, it was patented in 1951 in Switzerland by George de Mestral, who invented it 10 years earlier. Its invention had nothing to do with war, but it does make it easier to open hol... |
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