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Is space elevator the next ride to the final frontier?
Mohir
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9-2-2007 9:35 AM
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9-3-2007
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syncopath
i am certainly not an elevator buff, but i do firmly pro any elevation of wacky ideas ..
otherwise where would we reach .. ?
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