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- From: dalton@spot.Colorado.EDU (lizard man)
- Subject: Icarus
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.060144.22411@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:01:44 GMT
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- In the field of Planetary Science, there is a highly respected,
- peer-reviewed scientific journal of solar system studies, titled
- "Icarus."
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- I thought some people might appreciate an excerpt which appears on
- the first page of each issue, explaining why these scientists (who study
- evrything from how stars form, to the climate of Mars, to the rings of
- Saturn) chose Icarus as their title and representative.
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- ICARUS: International Journal of Solar System Studies
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- "In ancient days two aviators procured to themselves wings. Daedalus
- flew safely through the middle air and was duly honoured on his landing.
- Icarus soared upwards to the sun till the wax melted which bound his
- wings and his flight ended in fiasco....The classical authorities tell
- us, of course, that he was only `doing a stunt'; but I prefer to think
- of him as the man who brought to light a serious constructional defect
- in the flying-machines of his day.
-
- "So, too, in science. Cautious Daedalus will apply his theories
- where he feels confident they will safely go; but by his excess of
- caution their hidden weaknesses remain undiscovered. Icarus will strain
- his theories to the breaking-point till the weak joints gape. For the
- mere adventure? Perhaps partly, that is human nature. But if he is
- destined not yet to reach the Sun and solve finally the riddle of its
- construction, we may at least hope to learn from his journey some hints
- to build a better machine."
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- From _Stars and Atoms_
- by Sir Arthur Eddington
- Oxford Univ. Press 1927
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- --
- ---
- "a woman wants an abortion not as she might want a Porsche or an ice
- cream, but rather more as a trapped animal wants to gnaw off its leg."
- --Frederica
-