Correction

[mdlbear]

I have just received a correction to my notes for the song "The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of" -- the correct quote, which I paraphrase in the last verse, is "...take off and land vertically, the way God and Robert Heinlein intended." It comes from a 1993 article in Analog titled "Single Stage to Infinity" by Arlan Andrews.

I believe my poetic license is still in effect, however, so there's no need to modify the song itself.

Comments

[kshandra]

Hm. When gridlore and I saw the footage, it was decidedly not before the opening ceremonies (I remember it being run several times during the weekend). But it was definitely Pournelle we heard, because there's no mistaking that man's voice. And he actually said "spaceflight the way God & Robert Heinlein intended," so it's entirely possible/likely that he was quoting, and we just hadn't heard the source material.

*shrug* Matters not, in the long run, 'cause it's not my song. ;-)