A space elevator is a great idea who’s time is still a few decades away – at least on this planet. The incredible forces a cable from Earth to space will have to endure to support even its own weight will require further development of carbon nanotubes or some other exotic material.
The Moon is a different story:
In the Future…
…we’ll all end up on digital weight loss programs.
Futurist: M104 member Robert Hinkley, who asks:
Does that article make any sense?
Gadget lovers are so hungry for digital data many are carrying the equivalent of 10 trucks full ofpaper in “weight”.
Hmmm. Perhaps overlooking the minor detail that it’s not on paper?
In the Future…
…evolution will keep on truckin’.
Futurist: M104 member Robert Hinkley
The linked article says:
In essence, the reduced gape of the animals limits their ability to eat the toads likely to do them the most damage.
Excellent. Now if I could only evolve a gape small enough to prevent me from eating the food that does me the most damage.
