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Old March 14th 06, 02:18 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.moderated
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James D. Miller thinks that a space elevator proposal would be a good
2006 campaign issue for the Republicans:

http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=031406E

Do I think so? Not so much.

http://www.transterrestrial.com/arch...11.html#006611

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Old March 15th 06, 05:43 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.moderated
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h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:James D. Miller thinks that a space elevator proposal would be a good
:2006 campaign issue for the Republicans:
:
:
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=031406E
:
o I think so? Not so much.
:
:http://www.transterrestrial.com/arch...11.html#006611

Silly idea. We can't even get cheap launch services going and someone
thinks this is the next logical step?

I'm left wondering what they're smoking....

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In article ,
Fred J. McCall wrote:
Silly idea. We can't even get cheap launch services going and someone
thinks this is the next logical step?


And as Jordin Kare noted a while back, the elevator people say they could
give us launch cost of a few hundred a kilogram for a ten-billion
investment... but there are plenty of rocket people who think they could
match or beat that launch-cost number with a lot less up-front money.
"They aren't Boeing, but neither are you."

And the nanotube materials that the elevator people need will do wonders
for rocket structure, well before they're good enough for elevators.
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In sci.space.policy Henry Spencer wrote:
In article ,
Fred J. McCall wrote:
Silly idea. We can't even get cheap launch services going and someone
thinks this is the next logical step?


And as Jordin Kare noted a while back, the elevator people say they could
give us launch cost of a few hundred a kilogram for a ten-billion
investment... but there are plenty of rocket people who think they could
match or beat that launch-cost number with a lot less up-front money.
"They aren't Boeing, but neither are you."


And the nanotube materials that the elevator people need will do wonders
for rocket structure, well before they're good enough for elevators.


Nanotubes might be really hazardous for humans and nature too, and I
wonder if there's a good way to contain them and/or make them
degrade gracefully in nature. If they don't break up, billions of
durable nanosticks don't exactly do good to your lungs and other
tissues...

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Old March 17th 06, 10:56 PM posted to sci.space.moderated
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:James D. Miller thinks that a space elevator proposal would be a good
:2006 campaign issue for the Republicans:
:
:http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=031406E



Would it be built in Ted Steven's district?

If not, forget it....


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Old March 19th 06, 08:55 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.moderated
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Fred J. McCall ) wrote:
: h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

: :James D. Miller thinks that a space elevator proposal would be a good
: :2006 campaign issue for the Republicans:
: :
: :
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=031406E
: :
: o I think so? Not so much.
: :
: :http://www.transterrestrial.com/arch...11.html#006611

: Silly idea. We can't even get cheap launch services going and someone
: thinks this is the next logical step?

: I'm left wondering what they're smoking....
^^^^

Naw, you're defintely a righty...

Eric

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: "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
: man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
: all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
: --George Bernard Shaw

 




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