On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:12:00 +0000, Tim Streater
wrote:

The worst one like that I met poured cold water on an idea I had. I
dropped it, only to find the Germans had made it work, no problem.

You can't have had much belief in your idea, then.

Lack of money to make it happen. Plenty of belief - I knew it could be
done, but got no backing or support.

If we all had your attitude we'd never have put foosteps on the Moon.

Putting footsteps on the moon was relatively straightforward.

Really? Why bother with NASA at all, then?