Jack, the Grumpy Forester, has an interesting concept for dealing with a problem as annoying as mosquito bites. It just needs to clear possible copyright problems, and deal with the concerns about making this situation worse.
On balance, I think the benefits outweigh the possible costs.
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…thanks for the link, Bryan…
… and, clearly, if I plan to move forward with this, I’ll need to be getting in touch with <a href="http://henson.com/")the Jim Henson Company. Maybe I can work out a product placement deal, like all of the spacesuits being full-on Capt. Hogthrob costumes.
The copyright problems are even worse than you guys mention. C.M. Kornbluth copyrighted it in 1951 with his short story “The Marching Morons”, which, while hilarious in its ignorance of genetics (it assumes that stupid people breed faster than smart people, when the reality is that intelligence is randomly distributed in the population and trends toward the norm long-term), decidedly does contain the basic idea of blasting morons into outer space so that they can no longer do harm on Earth.
But the question is whether John Bolton’s mustache gets blasted into outer space with him. His mustache might object to being confined in the same space as so much concentrated stupidity for so long a time. Yes, I believe his mustache is actually smarter than he is, it clearly displays more intelligence in its utterings. Oh wait, it doesn’t utter anything, case closed!
– Badtux the Snarky Penguin
Actually that wouldn’t be a new idea. Few people know that early Soviet capsules ripped off the set designer of the film From The Earth To The Moon.
It would be an improvement over the current “Pillsbury Doughboy” suits.
We are obviously going to need a major research grant to look for possible conflicts.
It will mean reading a lot of science fiction, which requires a good quality recliner, a top of the line reading lamp, and large quantities of snacks, as well as finding people who can read with comprehension, and write notes. Obviously a billion dollar operation, but necessary to protect intellectual property rights.