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T he perceptive reader will notice several
common themes running through the articles
that comprise this first issue of Lockheed
Horizons. Yielding to the current weakness for
alliterative abbreviations, we will characterize
them as the three "Es" that permeate (some would
say suffocate) today's technology - Economics,
Energy, and Environment.
We are told in the first article that, historically,
the primary concern in the design of transport air-
craft has been productivity, which is directly re-
lated to Economics-the first E-but we are now
in an era where there is ever-increasing emphasis
on the second and third Es-Energy and Environ-
ment. The theme of another aircraft-oriented ar-
ticle is design for fuel economy, which may be
interpreted as the conservation of Earth's dwin-
dling supply of that Energy derived from increas-
ingly expensive fossil fuels. Another article offers
a partial solution to the overall energy problem:
Energy from seawater temperature differentials,
though inefficient, is very attractive because it is
derived almost directly from the Earth's ultimate
and inexhaustible energy source, the Sun, and it
is non-polluting-the third E again.
An article on satellite surveillance of Earth's re-
sources is largely concerned with Economics on a
global scale. And some new approaches to waste
water treatment have both Economic and Envi-
ronmental appeal-may in fact establish new pat-
terns in industrial groupings.
Everywhere, the three "Es" dominate our
thinking and largely determine the future course
of our technology.
These are today's realities-and perhaps we
should not repine too much for they offer not only
constraints but also opportunities. If I may, how-
ever, I would like to add a fourth "E" that is not
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