Lunar Space Elevator Instead?

koa writes "We have all seen articles on building a Space Elevator on the earth, how about this article about experimenting with the Moon first since the technology we have available to us is sufficient, as the Moon's gravity is 1/6th that of Earth's (the cable weight would require less exotic materials such as carbon nano-tubes). One could make a very good argument for commercialization of Space if getting materials to and from the Moon's surface was vastly cheaper and easier."

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Re:how to design against terrorists?

[Troed]

... and Red Mars, while being a great book, is fiction. You might want to check up on what REALLY would happen on Earth with the current designs.

Shouting about terrorists every minute is laughable - but it seems to work in the US. The Sheeple actually seem to believe the "administration" is doing something about it - and that it needs to be done to begin with.