Interview with Dr. Bradley C. Edwards

Keith Curtis writes "I recently discovered that Dr. Bradley C. Edwards, noted expert on the Space Elevator pays $4 for coffee at the same Starbucks that I do. I asked him if he would meet up with me and chat and he graciously agreed. I recorded the interview for posterity. In our wide-ranging conversation we talked about NASA politics, getting energy from space, location, space tourism, software, nanotech, and several other topics."

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Edited off the start of the interview

[Anonymous Coward]

Keith Curtis: Excuse me, aren't you Dr. Bradley C. Edwards... THE Dr. Bradley C. Edwards, noted expert on the Space Elevator?

Dr. Bradley C. Edwards: Yes. Aren't you the guy that that's been stalking me for the past year? THE guy I have a restraining order against?

Keith Curtis: Guilty as charged! Now that we have introductions out of the way, can I have an interview for my blog?! I'll pay for your Venti Iced Caramel Macchiato.

Dr. Bradley C. Edwards: Alright, since you already know what I order on Wednesdays, I might as well.

Keith Curtis: AWESOME! I'm gonna be famous on /.!!!!

Re:The Space Elevator is a great idea,

[Anonymous Coward]

As far as i know, the only problem is that it will take you more than 2 days to go up.

Might be a good idea to get that 60gb ipod if you didn't already. I'dd hate to listen to elevator music for two days straight.

Re:How about doing a question and answer session .

[wfberg]

A strand the thickness of a human hair has the strength of a steel girder, but weighs around 0.00001% as much.

Any particular reason they don't they make buildings out of these carbon strands instead of with steel girders?

The little piglet that tried found that the unusually low weight made his house much too easy to blow over by the big bad wolf. ;-)