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To: Physicist
What I expect, though, is that the "fighter planes" of the future will essentially be intelligent missiles. Extremely intelligent missiles.

I don't see that happening anytime soon. My posit for this opinion is that it takes an equal competitor to move technology forward. Thus, aerospace science and aeronautical engineering (along with automation) only moved forward during WWI, II, Korea, the Cold War and Vietnam. Since we have no competitors in this realm at this time (China is still 10 years away) I suspect we will rely on stagnant technology until something earth shattering hits us. (My bet is China landing on the moon).

39 posted on 11/23/2003 6:20:13 PM PST by Archangelsk (Simplistic solutions for free. Real solutions are the usual consultant fees.)
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To: Archangelsk
(My bet is China landing on the moon).

Another "Space Race?"-----think of how much technology we had developed in the first one that we use every day....all that "space age tech"....

That'd be a major impact.

85 posted on 11/23/2003 8:47:43 PM PST by stands2reason ("Don't you funk with my funk."--Bootsy Collins)
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