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Space Elevator Going Up

Posted by michael on from the penthouse-suite dept.

Adlopa writes "The Guardian newspaper reports on scientists' efforts to realise the space elevator, as first described by Arthur C Clarke in his 1979 novel 'Fountains of Paradise'. Advances in materials science mean that 'a cable reaching up as far as 100,000km from the surface of the Earth' is no longer an impossibility and 70 scientists and engineers are discussing the idea at a conference in Santa Fe today."

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  1. Re:Yahoo!!! by Justin205 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry, 7th post, and no, it isn't enough. Make a GOOD commment, and that will get you modded up.

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  2. Re:Yahoo!!! by losttoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dang!! Fscking net lag!!

  3. Yes, and all we need next... by michaeltoe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...Are giant robots with ray guns

  4. We need a new moderation code (or two) by Linker3000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My god, they've all crawled out of the woodwork on this one:

    IMHOBait

    AmateurScientistBait

    NotQualfiedToPostButIWillAnywayBait

    ConspiracyBait

    IfGodHadMeantUsToBait

    IKnowMoreThanTheExpertsBait

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  5. Can't we buy everyone free college first??? by pestihl · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    I mean, 7 billion for a space elevator, and another 3 billion to put a navy around it 24/7 to protect it from FUD.

    And we are still cutting education? I don't understand this place.

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