From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Mon Aug 19 2002 - 17:33:49 MDT
On Monday, August 19, 2002, at 05:30 pm, David McFadzean wrote:
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/796283.asp?0na=x22136F6
>
> SEATTLE, Aug. 19 ó The worldís space programs are vertically
> challenged. Whatís needed is a revolutionary low-cost way to move
> payloads
> and people into Earth orbit and then outward to the asteroids, Mars and
> beyond. Now an upstart company of enterprising engineers and investment
> strategists want to tackle the ultimate high-rise project for the 21st
> century: the space elevator. They are on the ground floor of putting
> calculations to paper and wrestling with the toughest challenges.
The article also says:
“It’s a 15-year effort that started yesterday,” Michael Laine, president
and chief executive officer of the company, said during the second day
of the meeting.
How does this square with extropian predictions? I think it overly
optimistic. I would assume that other people expect the singularity
before 15 years.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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