This is exciting stuff. There are more opportunities on heaven and earth than are regurgitated in our powerpoint presentations...

And with apologies to [link|http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer/vonbraun.htm|Tom Lehrer] (warning -- dinky midi!!)

"...and what is it that put America in the forefront of materials science? And what is it that will make it possible to spend two hundred billion dollars of your money to put a cosmic yo-yo in high orbit? Well, it was good old American know how, that's what, as provided by good old Americans like Dr.s Yuntian Zhu and Lianxi Zheng!"

I hope we get to see some of it built!

Giovanni

I'm just about the last person who would complain about immigration into the USA...

I do find it important to keep in mind that America has been the better for its ability to attract foreign talent for a _very_ long time -- it's not a recent phenomenon.

Giovanni