OT: Life and Things

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by Paul1980au:
I was reading an article the other day that within 15 years it would be possible to build a "space elevator" that would remove the need for as many space shuttle launches - lighter equipment could be hauled up to orbit (up to 100 tonnes) and then dispesned with with shuttle craft that built in zero G would move around earth and moon system much more easily.

I hate to break it to you, but these are the same people who say they will have working transporters by the end of the decade. They are in the market to make money by doing stupid and impractical research on things they know people want but physics say cannot be done.