=20
=20=20"way=20far=20to=20great"=20for=20what?
=20
=20=20So,=20since=20'casagiannoni'=20can=20not=2 0state=20what=20=
he=20believes
=20=20is=20possible,=20or=20what=20is=20not=20po ssible.=00=00=00=
=20He=20just=20keeps=20repeating
=20=20his=20very=20limited=20beliefs.


Onus=20is=20not=20on=20me=20to=20say=20what=20I=20 believe.=20I=20o=
nly=20state=20here=20what=20I=20don't=20believe=20 and=20give=20a=
=20good=20reason=20why.


=20
=20=20It=20seems=20he=20does=20not=20believe=20t hat=20any=20life=
=20in
=20=20any=20other=20star=20systems=20exists.
=20

I=20never=20said=20that.=20I=20believe=20that=20li fe=20must=20exis=
t=20throughout=20the=20infinite=20universe.=20What =20I=20DID=20say=
=20is=20that=20there=20is=20no=20conceivable=20way =20for=20travel=
=20over=20the=20vastness=20of=20interstellar=20spa ce.=20If=20there=
=20was,=20then=20we'd=20be=20often=20visited=20by= 20aliens.=20We=
=20are=20clearly=20not.


=20
=20=20It=20sucks=20to=20be=20closed=20minded.
=20


You=20should=20know.



=20=20Despite=20my=20asking=20on=20several=20occ asions,=20he=20h=
as=20refused
=20=20to=20state=20his=20opinion=20on=20the=20'S targlider'=20con=
cept,
=20=20that=20accepts=20limited=20speed=20of=20tr avel.
=20


I=20recall=20rejecting=20that=20concept.=20If=20no t,=20I=20do=20so=
=20now.



=20This=20concept=20for=20interaction=20is=20from =20an=20interest=
ing=20novel.
=20"The=20Fountains=20of=20Paradise"=20is=20a=20s cience=20fiction=
=20novel=20by=20British
=20writer=20Arthur=20C.=20Clarke.


Operative=20term=20here=20is=20"novel"=20as=20oppo sed=20to=20actua=
l=20or=20demonstrated.

Science=20fiction=20is=20great=20fun=20that=20I=20 enjoy=20like=20m=
any=20others,=20but=20it's=20important=20to=20disc ern=20fiction=20=
from=20reality.

I=20don't=20see=20how=20these=20fictional=20concep ts=20relate=20to=
=20actual=20space-time=20and=20nothing=20of=20these=20has=20ever=
=20been=20demonstrated=20or=20confirmed.