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The human genome project cost 3 billion dollars to sequence the first genome(s) (with one draft costing about 300 million), you can now have your genome sequenc
by vertis 3y ago
The human genome project cost 3 billion dollars to sequence the first genome(s) (with one draft costing about 300 million), you can now have your genome sequenced for less than $1000.
Yes there are differences, but science and technology have moved on substantially. Just because it was wrong the last time does not mean it is going to be wrong this time.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> The human genome project cost 3 billion dollars to sequence the first genome(s) Yeah, but (1) that’s orders of magnitude less than SDI, and (2) it actually did the thing.
- local_crmdgeon 3y ago"SDI failed" doesn't actually have a ton of evidence. If I built something like SDI, and I put it in HOE, the next thing I'd do is tell everyone else that it didn't work. We still don't know the content of a few shuttle launches, as well as many ULA launches. I think SDI was completed and functions.
- greedo 3y agoUmm, it's pretty trivial for amateurs to track space objects either in Earth orbit. For SDI to work, both the number and size of the systems would be quite large. And they would need to be replaced when they either fail or run out of station-keeping propellent. So no, there's no evidence for a "hidden" SDI that actually works.