Is space elevator the next ride to the final frontier?


	Is space elevator the next ride to the final frontier?

Mohir

9-2-2007 9:35 AM

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9-3-2007 7:25 AM

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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