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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.'"

3 of 589 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Come to Perth - meet crooked cops by justiceleague · · Score: 0, Troll

    waiting... you've probably been brainwashed enough by television not to realise that "fat tony" and his cohorts are a bunch of gutless faggots

  2. Re:Question by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Troll

    There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.

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  3. Terrorist Target? by malarkey · · Score: 1, Troll

    Once this would be built, how do you protect the length of the ribbon from attack???