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Maglev to orbit

April 26th, 2002 · Comments Off

A maglev railroad to orbit - ‘I’ll say this for your plan, it is not lacking in ambition. The last time I heard of something on this scale of imagination, it was called a Dyson Sphere - bravo!’

Tags: science · space

NASA tax funding

April 23rd, 2002 · Comments Off

1% tax on all space and SF related goods to fund NASA, proposes Republican candidate. Unless total sales of those products add up to $1.5 trillion, which I sorely doubt, that guy has to check his figures.

Tags: politics · sf · space

Mars shooting

April 17th, 2002 · Comments Off

Shooting down a spacecraft from Mars - ‘Now, I don’t think that anyone, US included, has the capability to shoot down a spacecraft. But let’s imagine they do, they go and try to shoot down a human spacecraft returning from Mars…’

Tags: mars · space