Comment by mlyle

You gave a big wall of text. You made statements that can't really be defended. If you'd been talking just about wings, you could have made that clear (and not in one possible reading of a sentence that follows an absolutist one).

> Just debate fairly.

The thing I felt like responding to, you were like "noooo, i didn't mean that at all.

> > > > > Yet powered flight has nothing to do with space travel, no connection at all.

Pretty absolute statement.

> > > > > Gliding in the air via low/high pressure doesn't mean you'll get near space, ever, with that tech.

Then, I guess you're saying this sentence is trying to restrict it to "airfoils aren't enough to go to space", and not talk about how powered flight lead directly to space travel... Through direct evolution of propulsion (turbo-machinery), control, construction techniques, analysis methods, and yes, airfoils.

I guess we can stay here debating the semantics of what you originally said if you really want to keep talking. But since you're walking away from what I saw as your original point, I'm not sure what you see as productive to say.