Comment on The British jet engine that failed in the 'Valley of Death'

Allah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yes, but you can have 14.768 types of smartphones and colourful stickers. Isn’t it better?

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  • Allah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    it also said in the article

    What lessons can we draw for other high-tech ventures? “You definitely have no choice but to be optimistic,” says Mr Dissel.

    it makes sense why people hype up tech, if they all remain down to earth then they won’t get any where, i hope more people on internet understood this

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  • Allah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    but they also stated that

    The grim procedure of winding down the business took over as passwords and laptops were collected while servers were backed up in case “some future incarnation of the business can be preserved”.

    which means maybe there is chance someone might pick it up in future

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• rah@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Here’s an idea: why not take care of people’s basic needs like food and shelter, and then build a spaceplane?

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That’s not a trade off.

    Taking care of people basic needs is not a technology problem or even a resources problem. It’s political, economic, corruption, logistics, whatever variation decides who gets what and how it gets there. We already have the resources and technology to do this

    Advanced research projects have no effect on whether the politico-economic system takes care of people’s basic needs. It does, however, help advance society, enhance our capabilities, create new opportunities to improve our lives

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    • rah@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      We already have the resources and technology to do this

      But not the will. Because people are focused on building spaceplanes instead of focused on what matters.

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      • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Not at all. The people who are motivated by advancing technology, aren’t motivated to overcome corruption, incline equality, to replace economic systems, etc.

        All you’d be doing is stifling innovation, improvement, a reason for hope in the future, for …… the same unmet needs, but now with less hope

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      • Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        A few people are focused on this tech, the majority of people who are in a position or job that can in fact end world hunger are held back for reasons.

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