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10-04-2004, 12:08 PM
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When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
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Burt Does It Again
Spaceship One has won the X Prize. Did anyone here seriously doubt that Burt Rutan and company could carry this off?
I tried to watch it via the web today, but the server was completely overwhelmed. Never could connect. Sigh.
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10-05-2004, 07:51 PM
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The future is unwritten
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Excellent pictures at their website.
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10-06-2004, 08:49 AM
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Your Bartender
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That's fabulous, no, really it is, but . . .
Now what?? |
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10-06-2004, 09:59 AM
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Your Bartender
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To where? For who? For what?
Pardon my cynicism.. but one of my criticisms of the space shuttle program was always that we weren't really accomplishing anything futzing around in low earth orbit. I don't find any of this interesting unless it lets us go somewhere new. Ah well, one day we'll have that space elevator. |
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10-06-2004, 11:20 AM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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Step by step. LEO tourism will increase prospects for permanent installations. NASA never got into it because just as they started non-astronaut passengers, the Challenger explosion happened, and they called it off. Permanent installations increase prospects for massive projects such as space elevators, and vice versa, in a supporting cycle.
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10-06-2004, 02:31 PM
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Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult
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Book me a flight on the first "Thirty Mile High Club" flight!
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10-07-2004, 05:08 PM
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(marsupial with backward-facing pouch)
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Quote:
I'd love to go into space, even for just a couple of minutes, to see the world streched out below me and the stars shining above me. Quote:
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