Ideas pertaining to the rest of the universe are tucked away in the "Other" category. There, the entire universe, of which our solar system is but a tiny mote in an insignificant galaxy is filed away, as a mere 25 of 79 possible sub categories. There, the places beyond our murky sky are given the same legitimacy as "Energy: undead."

I understand that the halfbakery is for people, and about people, and we haven't gotten very far beyond those murky skies of ours. I understand that "Space" ideas tend to be a little "kooky," and "Not what the halfbakery is about." I understand that there are "Other sites" for "This kind of thing..." I also understand that Vernon liked to write about space, and most folks thought his ideas were trash.

All the same, I feel like the sheer scale of the universe demands a little more respect than what it's getting here.

Space ideas tend to be significantly different from other "other" ideas. Most "other" ideas find their way in that category because of a failure to provide a category. Most "other" ideas are simple, whimsical, baked... They tend to be light reading, and easily destroyed with a few links to prior art.

Most "Space" ides are complicated, unhumorous, impossible... They tend to be difficult reading, with tenacious supporters who couter every WIBNI and "Bad Science" comment with facts, opinions, and detailed notes transcribed from coctail napkins and scraps of unused toilet paper that have been sitting in a note book for years.

In short, "Other," and "Space" are two very different animals, To keep them in optimum conditions, they should recieve different care, different viewers, and different cages. Keeping them together like this is no more sensible than it would be to keep "Computer" and "Public" together in the same category.