Posted by Paul Raven @ 16-04-2007 in Uncategorized •
I sincerely hope this turns out to be unnecessary concern, but Colony Worlds suggests that Liftport, one of the leading space elevator companies, may be forced to shut down after losing their office space. The official Liftport staff blog indicates that times are tough, but therer’s no definite word either way as of yet. I’m not ashamed to say that I’d be gutted to see Liftport fold - in a world where so many are busy staring at their feet, those guys have the guts to look up at the stars. Best wishes, Liftport.
[Cross-posted from Futurismic]
Posted by Paul Raven @ 18-06-2006 in Uncategorized •
Posted by Paul Raven @ 14-06-2006 in Uncategorized •
Crikey. I know Stephen Hawking is a genius and everything, but I’m not sure whether he foresaw this happening. Continue reading “The great Hawking off-planet debate”
It’s been a bad week for space elevator enthusiasts, such as myself. Continue reading “Elevators or piers?”
Rocketry is an expensive and risk-laden way of getting stuff into orbit. It costs more than $20,000 to launch 1kg of matter into orbit…launching people is even worse. The fuel pollutes, the technology is fault-prone. It’s time to look at other ways of doing things. Continue reading “Space slingshot - a good idea, but still the wrong idea”
Posted by Paul Raven @ 02-02-2006 in Uncategorized •
The Russian space organisation Energia has come out with some big news this week. Continue reading “Big plans for future space activity…from the Russians”
