RE: starship-design: The Way ahead & Bugs

["L. Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net>]

> I can't imaigne "Hey, we're sending a couple hundred of our best people a
> few trillion miles away from Earth, to die" being sold as anything.

Oh sure, I can see it now,

(fade in)

Centauri Sam hacking his way through an alien jungle, fighting off horrible
beasts (he wins of course)

(fade to star-filled screen)

3D gold logo across screen: "The few, the brave, the scouts..."

They'll be volunteering by the thousands.  <G>

Lee