tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post8838221500335461017..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: James B. Utt on Space Travel (1963)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-29394162276409580612008-02-12T19:12:00.000-05:002008-02-12T19:12:00.000-05:00So...space travel is implausible, but changing the...So...space travel is implausible, but changing the molecular structure of the human body is perfectly do-able? Hm. Sort of an odd thought process, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-3274498606755785572008-02-12T02:53:00.000-05:002008-02-12T02:53:00.000-05:00If the Higgs Boson is proven to exist, then we mig...If the Higgs Boson is proven to exist, then we might theoretically be able to remove the mass from an object without affecting the molecules in other ways.<BR/>So I'd say Mr. Utt was visionary.<BR/>Or maybe he'd been talking to the writers of Star Trek, which was surely somewhere in development hell at the time.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469462608067586388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-74797552980412274832008-02-11T21:40:00.000-05:002008-02-11T21:40:00.000-05:00Sounds like Herr Utt had quite the imagination acc...Sounds like Herr Utt had quite the imagination according to the Wikipedia article.<BR/><BR/><I>In 1963, he claimed that "a large contingent of barefooted Africans" might be training in Georgia as part of a United Nations military exercise to take over the United States.<BR/><BR/>In 1963, he also claimed that black Africans may be training in Cuba to invade the United States.</I><BR/><BR/>He died in church in 1970. I blame the hippies. Especially the black ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-46727238723310439602008-02-11T21:20:00.000-05:002008-02-11T21:20:00.000-05:00Turns out that escaping earth's gravity isn't that...Turns out that escaping earth's gravity isn't that big a deal, I guess, but this weightless molecule crap the Hon. Utt is getting off is something else, however. No doubt the Hon., however, was able to make it roll trippingly off the tongue.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, it may seem smart when 2063 finally comes around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com