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Highlift Systems' Space Elevator In The News Again
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.'"
sheesh, how did you find out I did that?
My potato gun was confiscated by the United Nations. They said I wasn't allowed to have weapons of mash destruction.
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Who cares?
waiting... you've probably been brainwashed enough by television not to realise that "fat tony" and his cohorts are a bunch of gutless faggots
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Once this would be built, how do you protect the length of the ribbon from attack???
And what are you going to lift into space with this magical light ribbon? Feathers? Give me a break. Lifting tons of stuff into space is a MASSIVE effort and no silly little string is going to do it. Hell, lifting a couple tons of stuff here on earth requires a thick cable, much less lifting it all the way to outer space. Where the hell are you going to get a big thick cable hundreds of miles long?? The tooth fairy? Sometimes sci-fi enthusiasts just don't fucking think about the practicality of these stupid ideas. How about we just use anti-gravity to lift shit into space? That'd be even better!
Another so called expert. The internet is riddled with these.
RTFA