OT; Corning technology

[Barry Wiseman]

On 3/8/2011 8:55 AM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> On 3/8/2011 8:28 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote:
> [...]
>>        If we can put a man on the moon, we should be able to do all this stuff
>> in glass.  We just have to make it a priority.
> Unfortunately, we can't put a man on the Moon today.  We could 40 years ago,
> but not any more.
>
Sad and true, but par for the course.  Following Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth in 1519-1522, the next well known expedition -- Sir Francis Drake's -- did not occur until 1577.