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	Sci-Fi Costs
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2-5-2008 12:27 PM
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2-5-2008 4:03 PM
neochonetes
If the engineers built the transAtlantic tunnel and the undersea city, maybe they could save money? I would like to see those two.
But, I also believe that my descendants will be living in their own planets created from the debris of the Asteroid Belt. You know....be sustainable....reuse something that is really junk right now;D
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Blasters and Railguns</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/10-sci-fi-techs.html"><EM>Cost: $10m for a field-effective weapon</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/10-sci-fi-techs.html"><STRONG>Interstellar Exploration</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/01/10-sci-fi-techs.html"><EM>Cost: Unimaginable.</EM></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/34CFFCB6-6F12-42F6-ADC2-295B09D21EED/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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