OT; Corning technology

[Richard Kreiss]

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> 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.

A long time ago, and I don’t remember where, it had been said that the
ancient glass makers could make glass as strong as steel.  

If I recall correctly one of the big guns barrel on the Battleship Missouri
blew up or was damaged during the Vietnam War.  We did not have the ability
to make a new one.  Both the machinery and the skills necessary had
disappeared (died off).

That is the problem sometimes.  When older technology is no longer" needed"
the skills involved disappear until some individual decides that they want
to know how it works and tries to recreate the technology.

As in "how were the pyramids built?"


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net