Hi
Lyman,
Glad to have made some contribution to this discussion. In other threads regarding composites in aircraft such as the 787 or the newer A-350, it is amazing to me the negativity that application of new technology seemingly provokes. I always think of these words:
Innovation is an invention with a customer and a marketable vision in mind.
"Visionary" - A person with clear, distinctive and specific vision of the future, usually connected with advances in technology or social/political arrangements.
A vision is a clear, distinctive and specific view of human activities in the future and how those activities might be changed or made better.
Visions combine things
Visions connect things
Visions apply the new to the old
Visions create value propositions
This is what brings about technology advancement in any field, it is a look beyond the horizon...