Space Elevator Update

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Space Elevator

Space Elevator 06/25/2004 11:33 PM

Scientist Imagines Elevator Reaching 62,000 Miles Into Space: This seems so wrong on so many levels.

President Bush wants to return to the moon and put a man on Mars. But scientist Bradley C. Edwards has an idea that's really out of this world: an elevator that climbs 62,000 miles into space.

Edwards thinks an initial version could be operating in 15 years, a year earlier than Bush's 2020 timetable for a return to the moon. He pegs the cost at $10 billion, a pittance compared with other space endeavors.

Wikipedia has a huge article on this concept, in which they say this:

A space elevator would present a considerable navigational hazard, both to aircraft and spacecraft. Aircraft could be dealt with [...], but spacecraft are a more difficult problem. Over a long period of time all satellites with perigees below geostationary altitude would eventually collide with the space elevator, as their orbits precess around Earth.

Yeah, that sounds safe.

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Space elevator in 15 years?

Space elevator in 15 years? 06/26/2004 07:29 AM
USA Today Jun 26 2004 12:07PM GMT

Scientist envisions space elevator

Scientist envisions space elevator 06/29/2004 01:37 PM
Sympatico Jun 29 2004 4:59PM GMT

Space Elevator Prizes Proposed

Space Elevator Prizes Proposed 08/28/2004 07:49 AM

The Space Elevator - Public or Private?

The Space Elevator - Public or Private? 09/21/2004 01:09 PM

Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15
Years (AP)

Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15
Years (AP) 06/25/2004 05:30 PM
AP - President Bush wants to return to the moon and put a man on Mars. But scientist Bradley C. Edwards has an idea that's really out of this world: an elevator that climbs 62,000 miles into space.

Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15
Years

Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15
Years 06/25/2004 08:27 PM

Notes From 3rd Annual Space Elevator
Conference

Notes From 3rd Annual Space Elevator
Conference 07/06/2004 06:29 AM
Slashdot Jul 6 2004 10:30AM GMT

Yahoo! News - Scientist Sees Space
Elevator in 15 Years

Yahoo! News - Scientist Sees Space
Elevator in 15 Years 06/26/2004 04:33 AM
Yahoo! News: Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15 Years .. Which floor please?

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Update 2: Google Doubles E-Mail Space

Update 2: Google Doubles E-Mail Space 04/01/2005 10:39 PM
Forbes Apr 2 2005 2:42AM GMT

Solo's Space-Hopping Seven: Jedi
Journals Update!

Solo's Space-Hopping Seven: Jedi
Journals Update! 06/30/2004 11:15 AM
In this weeks update to the Jedi Journals, comes the first half of the story immediately following the adaptation of A New Hope. It proclaims itself to be "Beyond the Movie! Beyond the Galaxy!" and how can you go wrong? With Han and Chewbacca, a humanoid porcupine, a demented old "Jedi' and a 6-foot tall talking green Rabbit?? Saddle up true believer, we're headed for a showdown!

Kay in the elevator [Flickr]

Kay in the elevator [Flickr] 02/01/2005 08:45 PM

mathowie posted a photo:

At the library

Elevator Simulator

Elevator Simulator 05/23/2004 03:04 PM
ElevatorSim 0.2 Released

Elevator:2010

Elevator:2010 09/06/2004 11:15 PM

Elevator 2010: Move over XPrize, Elevator:2010 is here. They're offering $50,000 to the best "climber" prototype, with a couple of other contests for some other pieces of the puzzle.

We firmly believe that the set of technologies that underlie the infinite promise of the Space Elevator can be demonstrated, or proven infeasible, within a 5 year time-frame.

And hence our name. Elevator:2010. we promise to get an answer for you by then.

We've talked about space elevators before, and we weren't too optimistic about them.

Via Metafilter.

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Me in the elevator [Flickr]

Me in the elevator [Flickr] 02/01/2005 08:45 PM

mathowie posted a photo:

At the library, self-portrait where I held the camera out and guessed that I was in frame

Deliveryman Stuck in Elevator for 3 Days
(AP)

Deliveryman Stuck in Elevator for 3 Days
(AP) 04/06/2005 09:46 AM
AP - Ming Kuang Chen was written off after vanishing Friday night while making a delivery for Happy Dragon restaurant at a high-rise apartment building.

Deliveryman Stuck in Elevator Four Days
(AP)

Deliveryman Stuck in Elevator Four Days
(AP) 04/05/2005 05:00 PM
AP - A deliveryman who vanished after taking Chinese food to a Bronx apartment complex was found alive Tuesday after apparently spending four days trapped in an elevator that had become stuck between floors.

Deliveryman Stuck in Elevator for Days
(AP)

Deliveryman Stuck in Elevator for Days
(AP) 04/05/2005 11:52 PM
AP - A deliveryman who vanished after taking Chinese food to a Bronx high-rise apartment building was found alive Tuesday after apparently spending more than three days trapped in an elevator that had become stuck between floors.

Elevator Medium To Launch Internet Ad
Campaign

Elevator Medium To Launch Internet Ad
Campaign 09/09/2004 08:36 AM
Media Post Sep 9 2004 12:59PM GMT

After Eight Years, Man Takes Elevator to
Freedom (Reuters)

After Eight Years, Man Takes Elevator to
Freedom (Reuters) 06/18/2004 11:26 AM
Reuters - A frail 89-year-old Trinidadian man left his apartment for the first time in eight years this week after broken elevators in the government-owned building were finally replaced.

Hundreds of Bats Found in Mall Elevator
(AP)

Hundreds of Bats Found in Mall Elevator
(AP) 02/10/2004 04:07 PM
AP - Apparently store hours mean little to hundreds of bats that have flocked to an employee elevator at the back of a shopping mall near downtown.

Hacker law change gets ‘elevator
pitch’ in parliament

Hacker law change gets ‘elevator
pitch’ in parliament 04/06/2005 09:15 AM
Famous for 10 minutes

Student Falls Down Elevator Shaft, Dies

Student Falls Down Elevator Shaft, Dies 12/06/2003 07:57 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 6 2003 6:40PM ET

Delivery Man Stuck in Elevator for 3
Days (Reuters)

Delivery Man Stuck in Elevator for 3
Days (Reuters) 04/06/2005 09:46 AM
Reuters - A Chinese food delivery man was found trapped in a broken elevator on Tuesday, more than three days after he was reported missing, police said.

KCC ordered to sell Hyundai Elevator
shares

KCC ordered to sell Hyundai Elevator
shares 02/11/2004 07:54 AM
Maekyung Internet Feb 11 2004 12:28PM GMT

Video Screens to Greet Elevator Riders

Video Screens to Greet Elevator Riders 07/25/2004 08:48 PM
AP via Daily Press Jul 26 2004 0:33AM GMT

Deliveryman Emerges Safely After 3 Days
Stranded in Elevator

Deliveryman Emerges Safely After 3 Days
Stranded in Elevator 04/05/2005 01:49 PM
The deliveryman, Ming Kuang Chen, 35, was in stable condition and was being treated for dehydration.

Chinese food deliverator stuck in
elevator for three days

Chinese food deliverator stuck in
elevator for three days 04/06/2005 12:28 AM
Cory Doctorow: Pat sez, "One more reason to carry a cell phone. The Chinese Food delivery guy gets stuck after making his house call in a high rise elevator in the Bronx. He shouts, he bangs, he rings the emergency button. The city fathers put on a massive search for him. Three days later somebody decides to figure out why the elevator isn't working." Link (Thanks, Pat!)

Beyond the Moon: Inside Bush's space
plan (part 2 of 3) | SpaceRef - Your
Space Reference

Beyond the Moon: Inside Bush's space
plan (part 2 of 3) | SpaceRef - Your
Space Reference 01/18/2004 09:16 AM
second installment up .. more detailed account .. Part 2 .. 2

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UP Aerospace, Inc. Slashes Cost-Barrier
to Space by 95% -- Provides Affordable
Space Access to Business and Education
Markets

UP Aerospace, Inc. Slashes Cost-Barrier
to Space by 95% -- Provides Affordable
Space Access to Business and Education
Markets 06/17/2005 06:23 PM
UP Aerospace, Inc. (www.upaerospace.com), the world’s only private company with a fleet of space-flying rockets, has dramatically lowered the industry’s cost for space access. [PRWEB Jun 7, 2005]

International Space Station Crew to
retry Space Walk

International Space Station Crew to
retry Space Walk 06/30/2004 04:49 AM

The 2 Crewmembers of the ISS will attempt for a second time to repair a circuit breaker to a broken gyroscope. If everything goes as planned and no further spacesuit problems they will spend approx 6 hours replacing the circuit breaker. [NASA]

SPACE.com: space news, games,
entertainment and science fiction

SPACE.com: space news, games,
entertainment and science fiction 01/06/2004 04:31 AM
SPACE.com: space news, games, entertainment a... SPACE.com: space news, games, entertainment a... SPACE.com: space news, games, entertainment a .. Mars Rover success .. .. up there .. Space

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Space odyssey The 'father of the
internet' on taking the net into space

Space odyssey The 'father of the
internet' on taking the net into space 09/18/2004 10:13 PM
BBC Sep 19 2004 2:33AM GMT

FLASH! Space Ship One makes space
history

FLASH! Space Ship One makes space
history 06/21/2004 12:28 PM
“SpaceShipOne has rocketed into the history books to become the first private manned spacecraft to fly to the edge of space and back. The craft, built by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan, went over space’s 100km (62 mile) boundary, said mission control. It was carried to 50,000ft (15km) by its launcher White Knight at which point it was unleashed. It fired its rockets to continue its trip.” The BBC’s servers are being hit hard at the moment - if you can’t get the story, try again later.

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Three and a half-year old SETI@home
project identifies candidate radio
signals from space, heads for Arecibo to
take second look | SpaceRef - Your Space
Reference

Three and a half-year old SETI@home
project identifies candidate radio
signals from space, heads for Arecibo to
take second look | SpaceRef - Your Space
Reference 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
the SETI@home screensaver that crunches data in search of intelligent signals from space has produced a list of candidate radio sources that deserve a second look

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Maryland Game Developer Vision
Videogames Receives NASA Space Act
Agreement To Develop Space Station Game

Maryland Game Developer Vision
Videogames Receives NASA Space Act
Agreement To Develop Space Station Game 05/31/2004 01:55 PM
Vision Videogames of Towson, Maryland received a Space Act Agreement from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) earlier this month to develop their PC/PS2/Xbox game, Space Station:SIM, due for consumer release this Christmas season. The Space Act Agreement is a continuation of one received by GRS Games before Vision Videogames management bought out the company in March 2004. It allows Vision Videogames a flow of information from, and access to, NASA personnel so the company can gather information to build their game. “The game has captured everyone’s imagination. We have individuals and international agencies including JAXA (The Japanese Space Agency) volunteering to help us with drawings, science, music – anything you can imagine,” says company president Bill Mueller. In Space Station:SIM, the player assumes the roll of the Chief Administrator of NASA, creating astronaut crewmembers with unique needs, abilities and personalities while managing their activities and personal relationships like “The SIMS®”. [PRWEB May 31, 2004]

Astronauts take spacewalk Astronauts
train for space rescue Google doubles
e-mail space The hotel cl

Astronauts take spacewalk Astronauts
train for space rescue Google doubles
e-mail space The hotel cl 04/02/2005 09:19 AM
Cnews.canoe.ca - Sat Apr 2, 11:57 am GMT

NATURAL
ENTERPRISE -- THE ELEVATOR PITCH

NATURAL
ENTERPRISE -- THE ELEVATOR PITCH 07/02/2004 03:04 PM

In last week's post on Assembling the Team for Natural Enterprise* I promised that I would present an Elevator Pitch for such enterprises. Although this post is too long to deliver in an elevator ride, it does explain what Natural Enterprise is and why you might want to set one up or join one. What is Natural Enterprise? A form of self-organized, self-managed, community-based business partnership in which two or more people agree to make a living together as collaborators and peers, to strive to attain what each member needs to achieve for his or her personal well-being, to accept substantial responsibility for each other, and to respect and help the community or communities in which the enterprise operates. It is 'natural' because this form of socio-economic activity occurs ubiquitously in hunter-gatherer cultures and in non-human animal cultures. Why is it different? Modern Corporation Natural Enterprise Normal formation mechanism Incorporation then eventually public offering Self-organization as partnership Source of initial capital Large capital infusion from established corporations, capitalists and lenders, in return for substantial control of the business Organic, from customers Organizational structure Hierarchical, centralized, top-down managed Flat, networked, self-managed Decision-making process Executive decree Unanimous consensus of members Importance of innovation Moderate; it is often easier to buy out, or buy off innovative competitors Critical Key strengths Political and economic power; brand presence Agility; customer proximity Sales process Develop product in lab, mass produce, advertise Identify unmet customer need, develop customized solution, deliver to pre-qualified customers, market virally Stakeholder priority (1) Absentee shareholder-investors; (2) executives; (3) creditors (1) Members; (2) customers; (3) community Social & environmental responsibility Subordinate to shareholder profit Paramount; implicit and explicit Optimal size The bigger the better Small: 5-150 members each with unique skills or knowledge Primary objective Profitable growth Members' well-being What's the catch? Natural Enterprise could be to the modern economy what the Internet has become to modern politics and society -- an anti-hierarchal mechanism that democratizes and liberates economic power and opportunity the same way the Internet has democratized and liberated social and political power and opportunity. Both innovations fundamentally threaten established power, authority, 'wisdom' and control, by undermining them and rendering their hierarchies vulnerable and potentially obsolete. Large corporate oligopolies will recognize Natural Enterprises as threats to their power and profitability, and, much as they have responded to labour unions, will attempt to ignore, circumvent, weaken or crush them. For at least a generation, pionering Natural Enterprises, much like the fledgling Internet of the 1980s, will have to be content to play a minor role. Charles Handy envisions this as being like the relationship of the flea to the elephant -- Natural Enterprise will contract mainly with large corporations as suppliers, and will be to some extent dependent on these large corporations' largesse and their increased proclivity for outsourcing, along with the Natural Enterprises' own innovativeness and agility. As Handy says, such uneven contracts will at least be an improvement on the wage-slave employer-employee contracts they supersede. And eventually Natural Enterprises will become so numerous, and specialized and adept in so many industries and aspects of business, that they will start networking and contracting and associating with each other, using the power of the Internet. And much as specialty stores undermined and largely replaced the large, cumbersome, general-purpose department store, Natural Enterprises could ultimately eliminate the need for and replace large, cumbersome corporations. Just as the Internet created a socio-political and information 'World of Ends', where central control and authority are not needed and all value is created at the 'ends', so, too could Natural Enterprise create an economic 'World of Ends' where corporatism, oligopoly and massive size are not needed in economic entities and where all value is created at the 'ends' -- face to face with customers. It's a revolutionary and powerful and liberating idea, but it will take time, patience and energy to bring it about. How do I set one up? The Handbook is now being written. The framework is illustrated above. You can learn more about them here. * What's In a Name? I have used the terms New Collaborative Enterprise, Existential Enterprise (Charles Handy's term), and New Tribal Ventures (Daniel Quinn's term) to describe such enterprises. The 'new' in these terms suggests there are 'old' collaborative enterprises, the term 'existential' has been voted off the island by readers of this blog as too highfalutin' and intimidating a term, and terms like 'tribal' conjure up images of war paint and noble savages. Autopoietic Enterprise (it means self-creating and self-managing) is accurate but unpronounceable and would probably be perceived as pretentious. Readers have suggested the terms 'Natural Enterprise' (Harold Jarche) and 'Organic Enterprise' (Don Dwiggins), which I like because they're simple and descriptive. I like Natural better because its opposite (unnatural) is exactly what the modern corporation is, while the term 'organic' is a bit ambiguous (it means 'related to organs', 'related to organisms', 'carbon-based',  and 'instrumental', of which only the second definition is a propos). I' almost decided to keep 'Collaborative' in the term for two reasons: To stress that these enterprises entail more than one person working together (a sole proprietor, to me, does not an enterprise make, even if s/he is a powerful networker -- enterprises are about people making a living together), and because it would allow me to continue using the acronym NCE, which has gained some common parlance over the past year. But in the end, simpler is better, Natural Enterprise is inherently collaborative, and I was taught 'when in doubt, leave it out'. So Natural Enterprise it is -- thanks to Harold for the inspiration.

Update Fever! February / March 2003
Google Update finally arrives

Update Fever! February / March 2003
Google Update finally arrives 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
The long awaited, eagerly anticipated February, 2003 Google update finally arrives in March. The early returns say that the pre-update jitters were unwarranted.
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