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Is this program dead? I had a look through the website and couldn't see much to suggest otherwise other than their writing prize in July last year. The list of
by scrumper 7y ago
Is this program dead? I had a look through the website and couldn't see much to suggest otherwise other than their writing prize in July last year. The list of partners too was a bit weird, all branding consultants and design agencies.
- close04 7y ago> the endeavor was meant to excite several generations to commit to the research and development of breakthrough technologies to advance the eventual goal of interstellar space travel It doesn't seem that the purpose is to come up with a working concept but rather a concept that's interesting enough to push the topic forward and tickle the imagination of scientist, engineers, etc. for generations until the practical implementation is achievable. So I expect right now branding and design are more useful in popularizing this.
- cptaj 7y agoSo, where is that? That branding and design they made? Seems like this was a big scam.
- zentiggr 7y agoSometimes when humans try to get a hand-wavy initiative started, all you get is hand waving. My uninformed take on it: if the initiative was more on the level of "Here's my amazing ship design, prove me wrong" they would have gotten way more involvement. Even if Version 0 was a Jules Verne design...