Carry Moonbeams Home…

By | December 16, 2004
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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:

  • https://www.blog.speculist.com Phil Bowermaster

    Wow, that helium 3 stuff is really exciting. Talk about your commercial rationale for settling the moon! We need some larger-than-life business figure (a Heinlien character) to jump on this thing. I’m ready to invest.

    Of course, watch out as greenie weenies insist that we do nothing to upset the moon’s pristine, lifeless “ecosystem.”