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NASA Still Wants Space Elevator
Jerry Smith writes "The Guardian reports 'Each of the groups that will gather in New Mexico is competing to win a NASA prize set up to encourage entrepreneurs to start development work on the technology needed to create a space elevator.' It still might take a while though, progress is slow, so slow."
I know a man named Otis who invented a room,
And his heart was filled with pride.
I said to Mr. Otis, "What does your room do?"
He said, "It goes from side to side."
So I said, "Mr. Otis, if you take my advice,
You'll be the richest man in place.
You gotta take that room that goes from side to side,
And make it go to outer space."
And that was good advice, good advice.
Good advice costs nothing, and it may win a prize.
NASA offered me
Four-hundred-thousand dollars, whee!
For good advice.
Have you read my journal today?
If they want a space elevator, they'll have to earn it the old fashioned way: buy enough candy bars to get a golden ticket, and by all means RESIST all temptation to snack on that scrum-diddly-umptious confectionary cornucopia when touring the factory.
Where were you when the voynix came?
when a plane runs into the elevator? It only takes one crazy pilot.
That's where the frickin' laser beams come in.
If we are some day able to create this elevator, the distance involved means it will take several days to complete a journey from ground to earth orbit.
I have a hard enough time avoiding contact with "other people" in elevator cars -- but the real tragedy will be the music. Girl from Impenema for 72 hours straight?
Aaaraargh.
The only way I could see this working is if they piped in aerosol (-)-delta9-trans-Tetrahydrocannabinol and phillip glass...
In geostationary orbit, a LED ZEPPELIN will be holding up this STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. They will probably outsource much of the work to KASHMIR. I hope the isn't a COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN that makes the whole thing come crashing down OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY.
How ya like dat?
"Tornado's, earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding... Mother nature probably poses a very large threat to this thing"
History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man. You know that once Godzilla gets a bus caught between two gargantuan fangs that he just can't pick out with his silly T-Rex claws, he's going to be looking for some good dental floss.....
Where were you when the voynix came?