Positive Darwinism

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Positive Darwinism

Nick Hoffman — 12/31/2004 9:03:46 AM (archived)

I suspect some of the brightest would-be aerospace engineers died young as boys playing with rockets.

Quite the contrary. The not-so-smart ones went this way, or mixing their own cherry bombs.

The *REAL* smart ones had the right instincts - to be prepared for failure and to start small and stop when things got too exothermic or too rapid.

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What is missing from this equation? - Jacob Samorodin - 12/28/2004 6:05:11 PM
- My experience with rockets - Gary - 12/29/2004 7:28:02 AM
  - Great anecdotal caveat. Thanks. HNY! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 12/30/2004 4:21:00 PM
  - re: My experience with rockets - Larry J - 12/30/2004 3:03:29 PM
    - Getting killed by stupidity - Gary - 12/30/2004 7:11:22 PM
      - The secret word is "Estes." - Tom Brosz - 12/30/2004 7:52:58 PM
        
        Not neccessarily - R.L. - 12/30/2004 8:43:06 PM
        
        Interesting... - Tom Brosz - 12/30/2004 10:58:16 PM
        
        Reverse Darwinism - Gary - 12/31/2004 7:22:35 AM
        
        Positive Darwinism - Nick Hoffman - 12/31/2004 9:03:46 AM
  - Great story! (n/t) - Davin L. - 12/29/2004 6:26:15 PM
- re: What is missing from this equation? - Tom Brosz - 12/28/2004 7:01:54 PM
  - PD/S2t? - Jacob Samorodin - 12/28/2004 7:50:37 PM
    - Insulation - Larry J - 12/28/2004 9:39:32 PM
      - Okay, a very BIG grenade. - Tom Brosz - 12/28/2004 10:11:27 PM
        
        There was an accident not too far from here earlier this year... - Larry J - 12/29/2004 4:13:32 PM
        
        Hybrid rockets - Gary - 12/29/2004 4:29:10 PM
        
        Cool! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 12/30/2004 4:21:44 PM
        
        re: Hybrid rockets - Larry J - 12/29/2004 8:07:34 PM

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