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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. The next x-prize by maelstrom · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here is some money that NASA could "invest" in another x-prize like compitition. Get some innovation back into the space game. Maybe once China starts blasting some people towards Mars the US will get off its ass again.

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  2. Re:wrong concerns by bobetov · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please. Stopping the construction of fabulous new projects because they could be terrorist targets is defeatist at best.

    Besides, the very first use of the very first skyhook should be to build the *second* one. It only gets easier the more we do it, and boy, does taking an elevator beat strapping an explosion to your butt.

    Here's to audacity and dreaming big dreams.

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