Why I'm Gary Oshust, sculptor, and owner of a maker space in Brooklyn NY www.sparkworkshopbrooklyn.com I enjoy the wit and enthusiasm of both the io9 writers and it's community.

Based on thier Kick Starter success with reissuing Ogre (I expect to have mine by xmas!) Steve Jackson is going to do Car Wars next... I do miss Traveler though.

If I recall correctly I believe FASA used some of the Robotech designs for their mechs without permission. Which is why they got sued and the Robotech mechs disappeared from the line.

Not really the full future yet then...

No problem, we can just send a shuttle with replacement parts. Oh, right we canceled the shuttle program before we had a new program in place....

Never mind that Da Vinci was a gay man...

Well actually the Lawn Dart effect is not from early flight, but post WWII experimental flight as we developed planes capable of accelerating at 1 or more g. Flying any sort of aircraft has a lot to do with getting your inner ear to agree with what you see. When they conflict it takes all your skill and training to…