Cato speculate?

Thanks for your input, Jay. Very helpful and you make some excellent
points.

Jack

> Thanks Jack,
> I think this line could be very useful, and I want to encourage
it so
> here are some suggestions to further encourage discussion. One
should
> distinguish evolutionary changes from revolutionary changes. It is
easier
> (but not necessarily easy) to predict how existing industries and
services
> based on space technology will continue to improve in evolutionary
ways with
> incremental changes. Such things as weather forecasting, ocean
> surveillance, navigation, communications, and so on. Also many
sciences
> such as astronomy, oceanography, geology, forest managements, high
tech
> farming (using GPS), and so on will continue to benefit. It is not
easy to
> make a real list of all of the industries which benefit from
current space
> technology, but it would be a service to make and distribute such
lists.
> Many new industries, such as those which now use GPS, will emerge.
And the
> military certainly has been a stimulus in this and other areas.
> Revolutionary changes are much harder to predict, though SSI was
founded to
> promote some of them.
> Sincerely, Jay Huebner
>
> What will the impact of space development be on science and
> technology? Why? How?
>
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>
> Base your answers on however you define "space development". We all
> have some appreciation of the commercial value of the space
> environment and the industrial and economic impact the development
of