NPR Talks Skyhooks 328
David writes "NPR's Talk of the Nation this past week featured Brad Edwards, President of Carbon Designs Inc., to talk about their plans to develop an elevator that would lift people to an object orbiting in outer space. The project's homepage details their plans and ambitions. The discussion expands on callers' concerns about such problems as commercial airliners running into the super long cable or if it would act as a conduit for lightning."
Skyhooks? (Score:4, Funny)
Why bring up the Aussie 70's supergroup [wikipedia.org]?
Obligatory Simpsons comment (Score:1, Funny)
Stuck... (Score:1, Funny)
Answer (Score:5, Funny)
We firmly believe that the set of technologies that underlie the infinite promise of the Space Elevator can be demonstrated, or proven infeasible, within a 5 year time-frame. And hence our name. Elevator:2010. we promise to get an answer for you by then.
Message 5 years from now:
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I just have to ask... (Score:4, Funny)
The longest song in my MP3 collection is 22:43 (Autobahn by Kraftwerk - even on topic, sort of...) Is that long enough for the ride up? How many quarters do I need to put in the slot?
Muzak (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The next x-prize (Score:5, Funny)
kiddies beware... (Score:5, Funny)
What NPR talks about after the skyhook... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nothing new under the sun (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Skyhooks? (Score:2, Funny)
*reference may be lost on
Shadows of America (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nothing new under the sun (Score:2, Funny)
"ooo heavean is a place on earth"
I thankyou.