I just posted a comment on this site: http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/01/2008-space-elevator-goals-1-kilometer.html Read the article, and then the comments. I hope this is helpful to other people. I really am concerned about the proposed competition and have expressed my opinions to Ben over at Spaceward. We had two 20 minute conversations and in the end, I think my [...]
Anyone in Europe want to work on a high-altitude balloon experiment? What I was thinking of, was to develop a dangling ribbon, that would fall below the gondola of a large balloon. And then building a Lifter robot that could climb in that extreme environment. That environment is no joke: -20 – -70C for between [...]
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Brad Edwards, Michael Laine, Beb Shelef, originally uploaded by Space Elevator Guy. This picture is of an unusual and unexpected opportunity. Why? In a very rare moment, you have Brad Edwards, [...]
On Jul 5, 2007, at 10:37 AM, <snip> wrote: Michael, I was hoping to see you hook up to that balloon for a ride during the test. Hopefully next time the winds blow in your favor. Me too! You know I would have done it, if it had been possible. Ya know we were [...]
http://www.niac.usra.edu/index.html is the group that funded the initial studies on the Space Elevator. They are closing. there is a discussion about that, here: http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/07/07/griffin-on-funding-advanced-technology-work/#comment-17559 The discussion meanders for a bit, some good and some not so good comments are made. it goes a little off track at times. but Diana Jennings of NIAC gets involved, [...]
After my talk Thursday night, an audience member who works for NOAA came up to chat. He made a very interesting argument that I hadn’t heard before. He said that the biggest obstacle for the anchor station (the liftport) out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean will be fishermen. He said that the liftport [...]
2:35 PM 20/6/07 Chaos and Excitement As some of you know, we are nearing our big, public, demonstration. More details on that later, probably tomorrow. In the meantime, I can tell you that there is a lot going on around here. Anytime we do a test, there are snags and snafus. Every time. Even though [...]
another email exchange with a new volunteer. owen will be working on capturing the demo event – in vid, pictures, audio and personal impressions. he is gonna have his hands full. it will be a great event – and if you are in the seattle area (or anywhere for that matter) and want to come [...]
Michael & (snip) – Today I received a couple of reports from amateur observers who have seen MAST w/ binoculars, so my earlier statement about visibility is apparently incorrect. -(snip, from tethers unlimited) __________________ (snip), Thanks for your interest and I really appreciate your help! Comments below. I am blogging this message, and posting it, [...]
“ (he) saw things differently… realized that uniquely qualified minds to make new discoveries were probably outside the boundaries of his organization, and by sharing some intellectual property he could harness the power of collective genius and capability… where collaboration on a mass scale is set to change every institution.” This quote, from page 10, [...]
as always, when i post am email, *** is me, and ### is the other person. ive personal or sensative information. take care. mjl *** hi, *** so far, no one has responded, but i made a suggestion to ted over at spaceelevatorblog.com that he should also ask to put some eyeballs on this sat/string [...]
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