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Space enthusiasts and science-fiction fans have promoted the benefits of a space elevator for over 50 years. Plans and funding for such technology have intensified recently, but satellites, floating debris and other forms of space trash present a formidable obstacle to constructing an effective lift. Star, Inc. and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (known as DARPA to those familiar ...
If the third time is the charm, yet you botch that attempt just like the earlier two, then what? That's the problem facing NASA and its Space Elevator Challenge, which has for three successive years failed to live up to the vision of '2001'-author Arthur C. Clarke. Japan isn't waiting for a fourth, announcing plans to spend $7.3 billion on its own lift to whisk passengers (and cargo) 22,000 ...
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On the plane to LA for my 13th E3. Will have to photoshop Jason on all my photos this week.
Let's get to 1k followers. What do you like best? Ambiguous laments about my personal life, snide cultural commentary, or, you know, fashun?
Manu Ginobli looks like Roberto Benigni.
Guys, I lost my phone. $700, a punch in the arm, and a land whale later I have a new one. #wompwomp
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