Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!wjh12!harvard!seismo!hao!ames!al From: al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Drexler in Reason Magazine Message-ID: <537@ames.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 15:42:44 EDT Article-I.D.: ames.537 Posted: Thu Sep 27 15:42:44 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 09:57:48 EDT References: <12156@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 5 Eric Drexler is a brilliant physist, but has never built a spacecraft that flew in his life. He also is not aware of what NASA is doing. Most of the concepts presented in his L5 article can also be found in the space station request for proposal. In particular, NASA is aware that space station is not seriously weight constrained.