Make no mistake. NASA was born as a defense initiative. And it's roll has been critically tied to defense since day 1.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Corey McGuire <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:coreyfro@coreyfro.com">coreyfro@coreyfro.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Sorry to here that.<br><br>We live in a democratic nation and we have at least as many people who have allowed DARPA to exist as we have people who don't want DARPA to exist. But just like all national tools, we are tainted by and enhanced by the work of DARPA.<br>
<br>For fuck sake, we're using e-mail...<br><br>That said, DARPA offers more to our society than weapons, alone.<br><br>Think back to the grand challenge. When was the last time our country was that excited about an academic competition? *crickets* When was the last time our country was that excited about ROBOTS?!?!?!?<br>
<br>I don't remember when viking landed on Mars, but I imagine that was it.<br><br>I know people like to paint DARPA with the same olive drab brush as the rest of the military, but if you do that, you need to paint NASA<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com" target="_blank">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div>
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It's official. I'm greatly saddened that I won't be able to help at this year's Maker Faires after they applied for and accepted a grant from DARPA.<br><br>I look forward to working and playing at Maker Faire again, after they are no longer associated with DARPA.<br>
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