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Space-Age Houses

Posted by michael on from the forecast-calls-for-snow dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The dream of building the Jetson's Skypad Apartment may come to true because technology designed for space could become the basis of the new German Antarctic station. The same ultra-light composites that ESA uses onboard its spacecraft for antennas and solar panels, will be used to make a self-supporting lightweight shell-like structure able to withstand severe earthquakes. This approach is in sharp contrast to many contemporary design solutions that use ever more steel and concrete..."

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  1. Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who fucked up this time? Fuck you Slashdot!

  2. Wow ... by LordKaT · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cool! Literally! *sigh* I should probably be modded down to hell for that lame joke.

  3. star wars by Rotkiv · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they could use it in those star wars sequels!

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  4. Space age free iPod scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Free iPods are not a PYRAMID SCHEME scam

  5. Lame by orasio · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Reverse psychology karma whoring?
    _That_ is lame.

  6. Re:Space Tubes by Strange_Attractor · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not to mention it's very arguable who the terrorists would prefer. The Bush White House's squandering of world goodwill after 9/11 (even assuming they were right about the reasons for invading Iraq) has meant a recruiting and I'd bet a significant fraction of 'em (if not 100%) want to have Bush stick around another 4 years...

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  7. OT (BushRant): Re:Space Tubes by Strange_Attractor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1. This was a reply to a comment since modded troll, taking exception to the grandparent poster's sig. 2. I gunked it up in editing -
    Not to mention it's very arguable who the terrorists would prefer. The Bush White House's squandering of world goodwill after 9/11 (even assuming they were right about the reasons for invading Iraq) has meant a recruiting and fundraising bonanza for terrorists. I'd bet a significant fraction of 'em (if not 100%) want to have Bush stick around another 4 years...

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  8. Re:Space Tubes by Chairboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Give me that, and I can die happy.
    Once you have that, you can die not just happy, but quickly as well.

  9. METAMOD!! Bitchslap that moderator!! by orasio · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (Have I just invented M^4 ??)

    WTF?!? How is my comment a troll??
    It's OT, of course, but it's not even false! I don't care about losing karma, but I do care about karma whoring, and want to denounce it, because it takes away the value of moderation. At least, I like karma whores that give something to the community, but "I'll get modded down" is just plain _lame_.
    One of the reasons I come to /. is that the lameness rate is slightly smaller than in most other places.
    Giving karma to lame posts only encourgaes lameness.