[RFC] Space Samurai?

[Bob Schroeck]

I though That Con was in the northeast US somewhere.

(checks fenwiki) You're right. I'm confusing two adjacent events:

August 31, 2007: Nippon 2007 (Worldcon Yokohama) - The first public demonstration of the power of handwavium when an enterprising fan refits his car and flies to Japan for the con.

Fall 2007: That Con - Enterprising idiot spikes the hospitality suite food with concentrated handwavium, causing unexpected biomods in the convention goers.

But my point is that the first public demonstration of handwavium in action was in Japan. Given this, why'd they take so long to get into space?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.