Re: "Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship"

[Charleston]

I saw that book at Barnes and Noble and almost bought it. Please let me
know if it is good. If it is I'll buy it despite the reference to Scott ;-)
The price at Amazon is good too as it is full cover at B&N.
--

Daniel
Mount Charleston, not Charleston, SC


"Herb Schaltegger" > wrote in message
...

> Haven't read this yet but I'll get to it this fall, no doubt. However,
> I was noodling through my current Smithsonian Air & Space (September
> 2003, arrived in the mail yesterday) and found a review on p. 80. Lo
> and behold, the reviewer takes time to quote s.s.*'s very own Scott
> Lowther. Congratulations, Scott. I think . . . ;-)
>
> --
> Herb Schaltegger, Esq.
> Chief Counsel, Human O-Ring Society
> "I was promised flying cars! Where are the flying cars?!"
> ~ Avery Brooks

[Scott Lowther]

Herb Schaltegger wrote:
>
> Haven't read this yet but I'll get to it this fall, no doubt. However,
> I was noodling through my current Smithsonian Air & Space (September
> 2003, arrived in the mail yesterday) and found a review on p. 80. Lo
> and behold, the reviewer takes time to quote s.s.*'s very own Scott
> Lowther.

Ba-bwuh???

Apart from supplying a small amount of the technical amterials used as
reference for the book (George Dyson himself has done - unsurprisingly
- a far more in-depth study of Orion than I have), I was quoted a grand
total of once in the book. Did the review use my "Jackass Flats" quip?


>Congratulations, Scott. I think . . . ;-)

Yer damned right...

--
Scott Lowther, Engineer

"Any statement by Edward Wright that starts with 'You seem to think
that...' is wrong. Always. It's a law of Usenet, like Godwin's."
- Jorge R. Frank, 11 Nov 2002

[Scott Lowther]

Charleston wrote:
>
> I saw that book at Barnes and Noble and almost bought it. Please let me
> know if it is good.

It's good. Even the paperback version.

If it is I'll buy it despite the reference to Scott ;-)

Yeah, I love you too.

--
Scott Lowther, Engineer

"Any statement by Edward Wright that starts with 'You seem to think
that...' is wrong. Always. It's a law of Usenet, like Godwin's."
- Jorge R. Frank, 11 Nov 2002

[John Maxson]

Apparently this is another attempt by Bob Mosley to
convince people that he has no redeeming social value.

--
John Thomas Maxson, Retired Engineer (Aerospace)
Author, The Betrayal of Mission 51-L (www.mission51l.com)


OM <om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research _facility.org>
wrote in message ...
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 14:54:49 -0700, Scott Lowther
> > wrote:
>
> >Charleston wrote:
> > If it is I'll buy it despite the reference to Scott ;-)
> >
> >Yeah, I love you too.
>
> ...And that's far more of a chance than any sane person would give
> Daniel's worthless father, that's for sure.
>
>
> OM
>
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>
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