More on Space Elevators

finally writes "Space elevator news is being reported on Space.com and Yahoo. I, for one, am really excited about the project. I was wondering if any of the broad range of talents and skills that we have here have thought of doing a sort of open source assistance to this project by means of donating time and knowledge." We did a big story last week on this space elevator conference.

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Redefining "Long commute"

[phamlen]

The Highlift website suggests "Travelling at average speeds of anywhere from 120 km/h to 160 km/h, the length of a voyage to low Earth orbit might be as brief as four hours." Considering that here in NYC, we have people who commute 3 hours each day, we should consider anchoring one near Grand Central Station. I can just hear the talk:

"Yeah, well, we were looking at a place in Poughkeepsie, but then we realized the commute would only be about 30 minutes longer. Plus you should see our views!

Re:$10 billion is *nothing*!

[J'raxis]

$10 billion - just a few billion less than this monstrosity.