I wrote this a few months ago in response to some posts about AI and forgot to upload it. A longer piece on biology, AI, and basal cognition is coming but meanwhile https://t.co/unSBnWa98i
Younger people need to stop waiting around thinking that older folks—especially politicians—are going to fix the world.
The average age of the moon landing control room was 28.
The average age of the Manhattan Project scientist was 25.
US Founding Fathers were only...
Project Lyra explores the possibility of sending a spacecraft to chase 'Oumuamua using an Earth gravity assist to reach Jupiter, which robs the craft of almost all its speed, causing it to drop to the Sun for an Oberth maneuver.
Thanks @hibberdadam994 for the trajectory data!