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lastlib

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9. Novel by Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 12:18 AM

Mar 2024

Space elevator is one of the central ideas of the story. Really a fantastic, well-written book (as you would expect from ACC), and makes the elevator idea look quite feasible.

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I always hoped to see a space elevator JoseBalow Mar 2024 #1

Me, too! lastlib Mar 2024 #6

That title seems familiar, but I don't think I've read it JoseBalow Mar 2024 #7

Novel by Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey lastlib Mar 2024 #9

Oh, that sounds pretty good! JoseBalow Mar 2024 #10

. lastlib Mar 2024 #11

Also "Web Between the Worlds" by Charles Sheffield, an astrophysicist. eppur_se_muova Mar 2024 #14

me too. that would literally change everything about space travel from the earth. nt Javaman Mar 2024 #12

We'll have railroads on the moon before the US ratifies the UDHR and the ERA. Marcus IM Mar 2024 #2

I imagine robots would be the labor of the future JoseBalow Mar 2024 #8

Our species... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #3

Never? CloudWatcher Mar 2024 #4

More likely than not. 2naSalit Mar 2024 #5

Never is a long time ._. Mar 2024 #15

Not my point, though... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #16

Unless the moon is it's own economy and manufacturing base, have to get product back to earth at scale. The elevator... dutch777 Mar 2024 #13