Well, look, I don't want to sound Pollyanna-ish here.

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Advances here will inform the more scifi-ish imponderables like a space elevator, and asteroid- or moon-mining.

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Sony sent a long(ish) letter to a Congressional subcommittee yesterday ( view it here), but it is still rather lacking on specific advice.

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Bennett must endure an Al Haig-ish defense secretary (who assures her he's "in control here") among other caricaturish male colleagues.

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