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Space Elevator Could Cost Less Than You Thought
WolfWithoutAClause writes: "We've had Space Elevator stories before on Slashdot, mainly saying how impractical they are for the foreseeable future. Now however, there's an 8M pdf paper on NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts [NIAC] website that says it may now be possible with existing materials and can be done for about $40 billion. That's less than the entire launch market for a single year. If he's right, the first elevator may be complete in 10 years time, with the second and third following 2-3 years afterwards."
Now however, there's an 8M pdf paper on NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts [NIAC] website that says it may now be possible with existing materials and can be done for about $40 billion.
How about building a webserver that can handle 8M PDF posted on the front page of Slashdot for about $40 billion?
This is the place where you write something that will make you seem like a complete idiot.
An 8MB download on the front page of slashdot would certainly have killed the server. NASA must be grateful and kneeling in the general direction of timothy. It must have been tempting for timothy though. If I were the one charge, I think that I would have pressed the red button and closed my eyes. :)