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Space Elevator Conference Wraps Up

Posted by timothy on from the quixotica dept.

slavitos writes "The Space Elevator: 2nd International Conference, organized by the Los Alamos National Lab and the Institute for Scientific Research has just finished its work in New Mexico. To be sure, most people still think it's absolutely ridiculous to even consider building such a thing. However, that's exactly what organizers wanted - an open discussion on the issue, plus some free PR."

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  1. Re:Benefits? by AndrewHowe · · Score: 2, Funny

    I so hope that attitude comes back to haunt you. You know, one day, when everything has gone wrong and you have no food. You're complaining about how hungry you are and then I arrive...
    "Mr Mackenzie?"
    <weak from lack of food> "yes..?"
    "Mr Andrew Mackenzie?"
    "yes..."
    <I present a laminated printout of the above post>
    "Ha. Ha, ha. Ha ha ha ha ha. Would you like some cake? Well you can't have any. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."
    I'm looking forward to it.

  2. Conference Preaches Double Standard by JohnPM · · Score: 4, Funny

    While the space elevator visionaries gathered in Santa Fe I feel it falls to me to point out a glaring hypocricy in the way that that conference was organised.

    Despite the cost saving benifits of the elevator approach to accessing space, they are still advocating the ongoing use of shuttles as can be seen at the bottom of their about page.

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