Comments on: The Technology Roadmap Translated: Russian

By: Most popular posts, continued…

Most popular posts, continued… — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:01:45 +0000

[...] The Technology Roadmap Translated: Russian [...]

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“Nanotechnologies in Russia” interview now available — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:57:27 +0000

[...] As I’ve reported, the roadmap has appeared in a Russian translation. [...]

By: Chris Phoenix

Chris Phoenix — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:33:05 +0000

Well, of course they haven’t heard of Tsiolkovsky. He hasn’t published anything lately. Publish or perish, dude…

Chris

By: Eric Drexler

Eric Drexler — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:06:36 +0000

@ Vasilii Artyukhov -- During meetings and talks in India, China, and Brazil I found a similar openness to bold ideas, perhaps because their people have experienced enormous change in their own lifetimes. BTW, while having lunch at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, I was surprised to learn that my hosts had not heard of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who of course pioneered realistic thinking about spaceflight (the rocket equation, etc.) and authored The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices, published in 1903.

By: Eric Drexler

Eric Drexler — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:50:10 +0000

Scott -- Yes, because the Russian version is the translation. This one is outbound. BTW, the are also translations of Engines of Creation into Russian, Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, and Japanese.

By: Scott Jensen

Scott Jensen — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:22:55 +0000

When clicking on the hyperlink “translation of the Technology Roadmapn [pdf]“, it linked to a Russian version and not an English translation.

By: Vasilii Artyukhov

Vasilii Artyukhov — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:49:23 +0000

There’s this interesting tendency that, while Russia is generally behind the U.S. and Europe when it comes to science and technology, such ‘radical’ ideas like molecular manufacturing or, e.g., cryonics seem to be much better accepted (still poorly, but much better) by general public here than in most other countries. I’m not sure about the exact cultural causes for it, but this tendency is seen quite clearly.