Comment on Death in SpaceparentComments−NickPollard16yComputers only advanced though because we tried to build better ones. You don't build better muscles by lifting weights you can already lift.If we want to advance our Space Travel technology, we need to keep trying to do things beyond our reach, to force us to improve.−petercooper16yI wondered about that but dismissed the idea because computers and survival technology seem to have both come on leaps and bounds in the last 20 years without significant government or space program involvement. Or no?−daleharvey16yactually you do, but I completely agree with your point despite that :)
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Computers only advanced though because we tried to build better ones. You don't build better muscles by lifting weights you can already lift.
If we want to advance our Space Travel technology, we need to keep trying to do things beyond our reach, to force us to improve.
I wondered about that but dismissed the idea because computers and survival technology seem to have both come on leaps and bounds in the last 20 years without significant government or space program involvement. Or no?
actually you do, but I completely agree with your point despite that :)