Or if the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq were "for the oil" (as Alan Greenspan and a lot of others are now admitting), then we could have mounted several expeditions to Saturn's hydrocarb moon Titan and sucked the damned stuff up directly from the surface into orbital tankers....
Or to Alpha Centauri ONCE.
ReplyDeleteOr if the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq were "for the oil" (as Alan Greenspan and a lot of others are now admitting), then we could have mounted several expeditions to Saturn's hydrocarb moon Titan and sucked the damned stuff up directly from the surface into orbital tankers....
ReplyDelete--W.M. Bear (Anon1 as well)
Orbital tankers NOW!!!!
ReplyDelete(Because with orbital tankers, its direct from Titan to your Lexus -- no refineries needed!)
--WMB
Oops, wrong thread! (I thought this was the one above the Bruce one.)
ReplyDelete--WMB
WMB--
ReplyDeleteDon't fret. I'm sure Bruce Sterling wouldn't mind.
Speaking of Bruce Sterling's mind, what's that robotic structure growing out of his head?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Bruce Sterling's mind, what's that robotic structure growing out of his head?
ReplyDeleteUndoubtedly some sort of neural interface! He *is* a cyberpunk!