"Japanese Scientists, Origami Masters Hope to Launch Paper Airplane From Space"
FOXNews (March 27, 2008)
"Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth.
No kidding.
"At this point, the proposal faces just one challenge, but it's a potentially crippling one: There is no way to track the paper craft or predict when or where they may land.
"Critics say that makes the test pointless."
On the other hand,
" 'But what... is it good for?' -
IBM executive Robert Lloyd, speaking in 1968 microprocessor, the heart of today's computers."
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