Space Elevators may be here sooner than you think

Slack Space 1613 This topic was started by DosFreak, 2002-08-13 20:27

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DosFreak

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#91201

2002-08-13 22:27

http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=B5C92B3D-A714-4F67-B36A-89F43CB4E588

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RandyC

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#91202

2002-08-14 11:11

I'm still waiting for my HAL 9000 ... wish they would hurry up a little. It's 2002 now you know

Uykucu

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#91203

2002-08-17 01:18

I want my transporter!!! why bother building a massive tower over the poles etc when you can just hit a badge ans say one to beam up!

I dream of all the money i would save from airline tickets.
Just a thought would we be able to collect air miles on beaming???

Bursar

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#91204

2002-08-20 23:16

These things are interesting, but they'll probably play havoc with air traffic control. And can you imagine the devestation that would be caused should a plane or bomb hit it?

It would need to be a long long way from civilization.

DosFreak

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#91205

2002-08-20 23:26

Imagine living in it's shadow!

Four and Twenty

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#91206

2002-08-20 23:48

i want that material that they are going to make the track out of. Too bad it doesn't even exist yet

tessx

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#91207

2002-08-21 02:46

looks great except that I wouldn't want to get on a platform "floating" (imagine the weight of 100,000 km carbonewhatever ribbon...) in the pacific ocean... they say there are no storms or whatever... But who knows in 20 years maybe the earth would be so polluted that even in the pacific ocean storms would exist hope not... I would prefer having the "base" in texas, siberia, sahara or wherever... but not on water.