From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 26 2002 - 16:24:21 MDT
Now, this *is* smart - almost all the benefits of the space elevator, and no
need for miracles, either.
Rafal
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From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
[mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Damien Broderick
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 3:37 AM
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Re: Coverage of space elevator conference on msnbc.com
At 09:28 AM 8/24/02 +0200, 'gene wrote:
>(Nevermind people deliberately sabotaging the beanstalk).
>
>Similiar applies to ribbon being fried by induced currents, or by
>grounding the ionosphere.
I throw in, as usual at this point, JoSH's rather neat and gargantuan, but
not as gargantuan as a Beanstalk, 100 km tall space launch tower:
http://discuss.foresight.org/~josh/tower/construction.html
Damien Broderick
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