I have recently read on aRocket that Jordin Kare has passed. He was
another sci.space regular and created SF folk music (AKA "filk"). One
of the songs he wrote is called "Fire In The Sky".

Lyrics:
http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/fire-in-the-sky.html

Performance (by someone else):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ryd_p20XEU

Jeff

My condolences to his family and friends. Kare had been a regular when
Usenet was an active discussion point on technology. Now, it's largely been
replaced by online discussion boards.

Kare was a leading proponent of laser propulsion. My opinion, we are close
to achieving that technological development. It's a shame Kare didn't live
to see that culmination of his creativity and imagination.

Bob Clark

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Carbon nanotubes can revolutionize 21st-century technology IF they can be
made arbitrarily long while maintaining their strength.

Some proposals to accomplish that he

From Nanoscale to Macroscale: Applications of Nanotechnology to Production
of Bulk Ultra-Strong Materials.
American Journal of Nanomaterials.
Vol. 4, No. 2, 2016, pp 39-43. doi: 10.12691/ajn-4-2-2 | Research Article.
http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajn/4/2/2/
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