[AR] Re: Orions and PDEs (was Re: More MAX delays.)

  • From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:53:32 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, Jim Davis wrote:

As I've mentioned before, I kinda gave up on PDEs when I ran into a paper
explaining how wonderful they were and how they would soon replace all
other kinds of rockets -- in the May 1957 issue of the ARS Journal.

When you came across papers of the same vintage predicting lunar settlements and manned flights to Mars in a few decades did you give up on those as well?

Touche'. :-) Although they at least predicted that it was going to take a while, which that PDE paper didn't...

Henry

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