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NPR Talks Skyhooks

Posted by Zonk on from the beyond-the-clouds dept.

David writes "NPR's Talk of the Nation this past week featured Brad Edwards, President of Carbon Designs Inc., to talk about their plans to develop an elevator that would lift people to an object orbiting in outer space. The project's homepage details their plans and ambitions. The discussion expands on callers' concerns about such problems as commercial airliners running into the super long cable or if it would act as a conduit for lightning."

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  1. Cripes by phobonetik · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow, never read about something like this on Slashdot before. (Actually, I think the Space Elevator idea is very cool)

  2. Nothing new under the sun by a_greer2005 · · Score: 0, Troll

    This has been tried before, it was called the Tower of Babble,grab a Bible and see how the story ends...

  3. Re:Interesting interview by LurkerXXX · · Score: 0, Troll

    South of California, near the equator, they don't have lightning? You're joking.