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Post by valderra on Jun 29, 2004 12:01:36 GMT -5
Thats the 4th book in the 2001 series Valderra 2001, 2010, 2050, 3001 2050 and 3001 are great reads, and I wish they wopuld make them into movies as well. While they are at it, redo the bastardized 2010 as well. *looks puzzled* You don´t mean "A Space Odyssey 2001 and 2010?
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Post by Nightcrawler on Jun 30, 2004 0:26:59 GMT -5
The Space Odyssey books would be correct.
Sorry about being unclear, but I forgot to place that in the post. After a while it's just easier to shorten the name to the numbers.
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Post by voyager on Jun 30, 2004 20:36:02 GMT -5
Yes it is. Much easier.
Thats why 2001 was so great, it stuck to the book pretty well, but 2010 was way off course
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Post by valderra on Jul 1, 2004 9:37:36 GMT -5
Yes it is. Much easier. Thats why 2001 was so great, it stuck to the book pretty well, but 2010 was way off course I haven´t read the books but I much preferred 2010 to 2001 - no comparison, in fact.
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Post by xkamelx on Jul 3, 2004 13:21:56 GMT -5
Here is some more on the space elevator. .. . Leading experts are meeting this week to take a longing look at the idea of a space elevator. The idea is a stretch, no doubt, with plenty of work to do before travelers have push-button, top floor access to space.
For one, what’s needed, advocates explain, is a super-tough ribbon that does an about face in thinking. It hangs from the ground and falls into the sky -- thanks to the Earth’s spin and centripetal force.
Anchored in space a ribbon 62,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) long would be made of carbon nanotubes. A "climber" would haul cargo, as well as passenger modules up and down the length of ribbon. Those are the basics. Of course, money is a key lubricant in this high-wire balancing act of technology.
At the third annual international conference on the space elevator being held in Washington, D.C., scientists and engineers are tackling hurdles that must be overcome for the concept to, quite literally, get off the ground.Here is the complete article. .. . www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_elevator_040629.html
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Post by Yildizkapisi on Aug 21, 2004 5:06:43 GMT -5
The space elevator was described in some depth in the red mars trilogy by Kim stanley robinson. although in his books the cable was built from a moved asteroid which would be needed as ballast and the cable at the earth end would hang above the ground and held by magnetic locks. Personally I thinks it is possible but who would have control over it? with it being on the equator I hear mount kenya would be an ideal location as it straddles the equator.
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Post by xkamelx on Aug 21, 2004 6:26:58 GMT -5
I'd say more then likely the country that finaces it would have control. Unless of course it was a joint effort from a few different nations, then I imagine there would be a council of some type.
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Post by Yildizkapisi on Sept 4, 2004 4:11:28 GMT -5
I think we should go for it and build the thing. Only thing is I wouldn't want to live on the equator because if it fell it would wrap itself more then twice around it.
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Post by xkamelx on Sept 4, 2004 12:44:38 GMT -5
I think we should too, and thats a good point if it fell over, that thing would be massive. .. .
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Post by Yildizkapisi on Sept 4, 2004 13:31:38 GMT -5
if it fell it would make an instant bridge over the atlantic so it would still have a purpose. so no lose and all win situation.
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Post by xkamelx on Sept 4, 2004 14:23:41 GMT -5
LOL! It would create new jobs too, as someone woulve have to pave it so vehicles could get back and forth. And don't foget, they'd need to build gas stations, resteraunts and hotels along it too.
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Post by Yildizkapisi on Sept 5, 2004 10:01:42 GMT -5
and casinos as it will be in International waters and I bet there would be at least a 1000 starbucks along the way aswell.
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Post by Tobbles on Nov 29, 2004 10:25:29 GMT -5
What am i meant to do A) the space craft wobbles a lot so i would be sick. Really bad travel sick.
B)I'm scared of elavators(don't laugh) specially one in space that you could easily die in.
My dream of going to Mars is already over before it began.
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Post by xkamelx on Nov 29, 2004 10:28:35 GMT -5
I would go to Mars, even if it meant I was never comming back.
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Post by syborg on Jun 6, 2005 12:20:58 GMT -5
First build very large and very tall concrete towers. attached to the towers is a capsule. The towers are empty, except each of them as a helium filled buouys, the buoys are the ones attached to the capsule. The towars are filled with water with intense presssure. The capsule shoots up when it reaches to the maximum height of the towers. The capsule is captured by a floating tower travels into space like a maglev train.
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