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We'll leave the sun on for

Donal — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:16:01 +0000

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We'll leave the sun on for you ...

...but then drop to only $1

Richard Day — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:29:02 +0000

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...but then drop to only $1 million for a 5-day stay (is that 5 orbits or 120 hours?)

hahaahhhaahaah

It is fun to think that some megacorporation would be formed just to fuck with millionaires and steal their money under false pretenses. hahahhahah

The space elevator solves the

A Guy Called LULU — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:30:48 +0000

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The space elevator solves the gravity problem. In that system at any point below the geostationary orbit point there would still be a gravitational pull towards earth. Beyond that point centrifugal force would provide the equivalent of gravity. From there, garbage could be thrown out the window to fly off and become part of the asteroid belt, thus extending our pollution to the entire solar system. Cool.
Interesting blog.

Very eloquent, Atheist.

Oxy Mora — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:18:07 +0000

In reply to Not for me. For me, it's a

Very eloquent, Atheist.

Not for me. For me, it's a

Verified Atheist — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:33:40 +0000

In reply to The space hotel is the final

Not for me. For me, it's a romantic (if misplaced) vision of us learning to live in outer space. The only immortality delusions it fulfills is that of our species not having all of its eggs in one basket. The vision of the pale blue dot can do wonders to make us realize that we are all in this together.

The space hotel is the final

Oxy Mora — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:17:14 +0000

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The space hotel is the final extension of the underlying belief of the rich that money is immortality.

You'd also better be willing

Verified Atheist — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:10:59 +0000

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You'd also better be willing to deal with zero-G toilets and other pleasantries. Of course, that points out at least one way that you can tell it's real. You can only fake zero-G for so long…

In the trilogy Red Mars,

Verified Atheist — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:09:02 +0000

In reply to The space elevator has always

In the trilogy Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars (an excellent read), the Martian space elevator does exactly what you describe.

I hope to still be alive by

Verified Atheist — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:07:29 +0000

In reply to Okay. I'm just gonna wait for

I hope to still be alive by April 5, 2063, but as I'll be nearly 93, it'd be a pretty big gamble to wait that long for me.

The space elevator has always

Richard the Electrician — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:41:47 +0000

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The space elevator has always tickled my fancy, and showed up in more than a few dreams. But if it's moorings come loose, well, that's a mighty powerful rubber band decimating all in it's path.

That being said, let's build it. Maybe it will take out 30 Rockefeller.