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Highlift Systems' Space Elevator In The News Again

Posted by timothy on from the fireman's-key dept.

Kris_J writes "Highlift Systems may have found a second location for the anchor of their space elevator -- Perth, Western Australia. Apparently we have the calm waters and international airport that it needs, amongst other things. Slashdot has covered this company's efforts before: Oct 9, 2002 and, earlier, August 13, 2002, but it's worth discussing again since '[recent funding] has been given momentum by the Columbia shuttle disaster.'"

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  1. Bill Gates here ... by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If funding is a problem, I can easily "throw away" a few billion on this project ...

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