To: Commander8
Wow, we made it 10 posts on a space elevator thread without some pants-wetter whining that it would be a terrorist target. Progress, I think.
To: Strategerist
I think it's commonly misunderstood to be a tower that stands under its own weight, rather than a tension wire that's pulled up into space. "Tower = target" is stuck in peoples' minds.
To: Strategerist
No need to worry about terrorists; it will never be built, it won't work. Once these MIT students start doing the math, they'll realize that.
John Jamieson MIT XVI (aero/astro) '67, NASA 67-94 retired
14 posted on
11/17/2004 8:28:08 PM PST by
John Jamieson
(Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)
To: Strategerist
Wow, we made it 10 posts on a space elevator thread without some pants-wetter whining that it would be a terrorist target. Progress, I think. I was just thinking this would be a prime terrorist target... Ha! I slay me!
50 posted on
11/17/2004 9:28:32 PM PST by
killjoy
(I'm John Kerry and I'm relieved of duty.)
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