Quote:Hmmm. Never having watched Lost -- I pretty much gave up on TV years ago -- and not being absolutely one hundred per cent sure what an iPod is for -- I think it's like a digital Walkman, but I wouldn't be shocked to learn I was wrong -- I find I'm in agreement with the 'danes on only one out of three of those "better" things. Sigh.
better things to worry about, like coming up with sleeker iPods or reversing global warming or the next season of Lost
The crew in my concept are motivated, not by anything like "Cold War dick-swinging," but by Duane Elms' song "We're Going Back" or the lines near the end of Andre Norton's Star Man's Son (possibly the first science fiction I ever read; certainly the first to make an impression on me): "But above us those other worlds still hang, and still they beckon. And so is the promise still given."
Make no mistake, despite the "Mundanes with a starship" image I described, these are people who like science fiction -- but right now they're out to create a little science fact, and having a reliably working starship means more to them than having a cool starship or imitating a favorite writer. (I did consider First-In Scout as a name for the ship, a nod to Norton.)
With regard to "the power of youth," blazing or not, I'm a little too old for that to compel me. I was conceived before Sputnik left the ground. But really, I think the ship and the mission as I envision them need someone with a better grasp of hard science than I possess to do them justice.
Anyway, this is probably the wrong thread to discuss that. Sorry.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.