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Lostgallifreyan · November 3rd 14, 08:13 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

wrote in :

You write like a starry eyed dreamer that believes long established
principals are going to go away simply by putting something in space.

Actually, no. My point has more to do with establishing precedent, aimed at
getting a mass public interested, so that a commercial market exists with
practical ideas for use. Many of the things we use on Earth like reliable
ballpoint pens, velcro, would not have got the same degree of interest or
development. Being able to 'sell' space really helped get those things
established. To most people a superconductor is a 'what is it for?' thing. If
enough uses are found in a location that offers native cooling, like shaed in
space, it would likely drive interest on Earth, and result in a lot more
funding than the industry has now. That, as for new antibiotics, is needed to
increase the needed research for higher temperature superconductors. Unless a
mass public wants it enough to pay, it will happen only slowly, if at all,
and will join your list of neverneverland technical promoses of the previous
century. Dreams alone can't make it happen, but it will certainly never
happen without a mass desire to do it.