Love Canal
The truth seeps out
If there's one thing to be learned from the history of technology, it's that government support entails hidden perils. We can-and should-develop space without government "help."
Ignoring the cultists will not make them go away; scientists should devote time and effort to investigating the pseudoscientists' claims.
A small German firm is launching rockets from Zaire. The world-wide campaign to discredit it is a fraud. Why it was done reveals some bizarre realities of international power politics.
Can the scientific outlook survive in an increasingly pseudo-scientific age?
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