Comments on: Running an idea up the space elevator http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/03/15/running-an-idea-up-the-space-elevator/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=running-an-idea-up-the-space-elevator Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Sam Dinkin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/03/15/running-an-idea-up-the-space-elevator/#comment-7322 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:40:59 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=887#comment-7322 Let’s not add to the giggle factor ourselves. If frontier follies worked for Jefferson on down, it could work for the Republicans (not that they need another issue if the Democrats capitalize on none). It’s certainly a better story than hydrogen as a way to achieve independence from foreign oil.

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/03/15/running-an-idea-up-the-space-elevator/#comment-7321 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:37:22 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=887#comment-7321 Naw, it’s just Elifritz that’s ridiculous. It’s called “projection.”

]]> By: Thomas Lee Elifritz http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/03/15/running-an-idea-up-the-space-elevator/#comment-7320 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:55:34 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=887#comment-7320 Perhaps you are detecting an ominous trend here. Could it be perhaps (heaven forbid) that AMERICA is ridiculous? Could we perhaps extrapolate that the HUMAN RACE is ridiculous? Naaa … that would be … unthinkable.

People really need to start thinking about … themselves.

]]> By: Brian http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/03/15/running-an-idea-up-the-space-elevator/#comment-7319 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:09:24 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=887#comment-7319 Plus, he thinks the Democrats would never support the concept: “

I know he’s wrong. No hard numbers but we certainly have support from folks on the Left.

Excellent. Politicise a technology that doesn’t even work yet. He might get his support from the Right but he’d cause the idea to be stillborn.

]]> By: Phil Smith http://www.spacepolitics.com/2006/03/15/running-an-idea-up-the-space-elevator/#comment-7318 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:48:33 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=887#comment-7318 The space elevator thing is ridiculous. The Republican Party is ridiculous. The Democratic Party is ridiculous. The war in Iraq is ridiculous. The Space Shuttle is ridiculous. The president is ridiculous. ISS is ridiculous.

Sometimes, there’s not much more to say about things like this. You just throw up your arms, let out a scream, and walk away to cool off.

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