April 13, 2008: Pigs In Space

glatt · 04-16-2008, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I read a recent interview with 93 year old Harold Rosen. He is the inventor of geosynchronous communications satellites

I thought Arthur C. Clarke was normally given credit for that.

beauregaardhooligan · 04-16-2008, 08:49 AM

With the price of raw materials these days it might soon be worthwhile to turn the ISS into a re-cycling center!
I bet a lot of that is pretty high quality metal also.
Somebody needs to come up with a solar-powered forge.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-16-2008, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I thought Arthur C. Clarke was normally given credit for that.

Clark dreamed of it, Rosen did it.

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04-16-2008, 08:49 AM	#2
beauregaardhooligan Elite Elitist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 323	With the price of raw materials these days it might soon be worthwhile to turn the ISS into a re-cycling center! I bet a lot of that is pretty high quality metal also. Somebody needs to come up with a solar-powered forge.

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