News - Buzz Aldrin to moonwalk over Grand Canyon

a massive, glass bottomed observation deck.

Wouldn't the glass get all scatched up after a few months of people
walking on it?

Seems like after a few monthsit would become just a translucent floor.

Well I'm sure minds greater than mine have it all figured out!

P.S. I'd love to meet Buzz!

On Mar 12, 3:02 pm, "theCase" wrote:
a massive, glass bottomed observation deck.

Wouldn't the glass get all scatched up after a few months of people
walking on it?

Seems like after a few monthsit would become just a translucent floor.

Well I'm sure minds greater than mine have it all figured out!

P.S. I'd love to meet Buzz!

A radio broadcast mentioned that each visitor will be required to put
on a pair of special non-scratch "booties" that will not mar the glass
walkway.

Rusty

On Mar 12, 2:03 pm, "Jeff Findley"
wrote:

Gotta love Buzz. He loves self promotion. :-)



They should have also hired Michael Jackson and they could have had
two kind of moonwalking going on.

;-)

Rusty

Rusty wrote:

The Skywalk is a massive $30 million, horseshoe-shape observation deck
that will extend 70 feet from the canyon wall. When completed,
designers say it will offer bone-chilling views of the canyon floor
and the Colorado River 4,000 feet below.

They ever have earthquakes in that area? :-)


Pat

"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
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Afraid of heights, or not enough confidence in the engineers who designed
and built it? ;-)

Yes. But mostly too cheap to pay for it. Bravo to the tribe for giving
ecotourism a try!

"Rusty" wrote in message
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http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...0309/1006/LIFE

Buzz Aldrin to help unveil new Grand Canyon attraction

Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 03/4/07


Is it me, or is Aldrin the biggest shill around?

"robert casey" wrote in message
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I'd do it in a NY minute. But not sure I'll pay $20 for it (which was
the price I heard.)


$25

Ah, I had originally heard $20 which stood out in my brain.

Yeah... $25 is even worse.

(now if they really want to do something interesting, a 4000' elevator to
the Tonto plateau would be something.)


A little pricey for me too. And after say 20 minutes, been there, done
that... A little like that small town in India that has an ancient temple
of pornography, Kagalarara(sp) IIRC. A temple built to honor the Indian
sex god or such. Many graphic images of people doing it. Okay, but maybe
good for 20 minutes, and there's nothing else in that town...
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"Scott Hedrick" wrote in message
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"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
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Afraid of heights, or not enough confidence in the engineers who designed
and built it? ;-)

Yes. But mostly too cheap to pay for it. Bravo to the tribe for giving
ecotourism a try!


Yeah, I saw there's some controversy about this. Geesh.. it's a small
horseshoe in a huge canyon. I just don't get the outcry. (and I'm a person
who absolutely LOVES the Canyon.)



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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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Pure irrational acrophobia.

Interesting.

I've always found phobias interesting. Had a friend who had a phobia about
sharks swimming up out of her toilet bowl, despite knowing for a fact it was
impossible.



I love flying, but I hate being in tall buildings. I even get woozy
looking up at them from the base. I also enjoy climbing mountains,
but hang a man-made structure over the edge of a cliff?

No. Way.

I'm not really cut out for spaceflight, at least the way they did it
in the sixties. Ignoring the fact that I'm probably too
claustrophobic to get into a Mercury, or even Apollo (though I might
have managed that) capsule, I'm not sure I'd have made it across the
bridge.

But if we get space transports, with roomy (and yes, ISS would be good
enough, and a Bigelow inflatable would be great) habitats, I'd have no
problem, any more than I do with flying in airplanes (i.e., none at
all, and in fact the smaller the better, within limits, as long as I
have lots of window).

Interesting how certain things trigger it and others don't.




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SQL Server DBA Consulting
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Jeff Findley wrote:
Gotta love Buzz. He loves self promotion. :-)


White Man STEAL Indian Moon.

Chief Mad Dog