Comments on: A Panama Canal Going Up? http://astropolitics.org/blog1/2007/02/12/a-panama-canal-going-up/ Dr Dolman's place in cyberspace Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:32:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Brian http://astropolitics.org/blog1/2007/02/12/a-panama-canal-going-up/#comment-13 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:58:44 +0000 http://astropolitics.org/blog1/2007/02/12/a-panama-canal-going-up/#comment-13 <blockquote>The nation that moves first on such a lifting system could accrue enormous security and economic advantages, advantages that may well be insurmountable for those that choose to stand to the side.</blockquote> Maybe? The first operator will have an advantage but no monopoly on space elevators. If it’s a strict matter of cost then it might make sense to partner with the existing company instead of compete. If the project is seen as a prestige item or built for reasons of national security .. cost isn’t the determining factor there. As such, how this story unfolds — if it does — has significant geo- and astrostrategic implications. Is it too early to begin considering some of them? Probably not. We don’t think so - our goal is to be ‘the’ experts on the matter so when (or if) this happens .. why there we’ll be. Plans ready, legal and political questions framed and so forth. Brian Dunbar Liftport

The nation that moves first on such a lifting system could accrue enormous security and economic advantages, advantages that may well be insurmountable for those that choose to stand to the side.

Maybe? The first operator will have an advantage but no monopoly on space elevators. If it’s a strict matter of cost then it might make sense to partner with the existing company instead of compete. If the project is seen as a prestige item or built for reasons of national security .. cost isn’t the determining factor there.
As such, how this story unfolds — if it does — has significant geo- and astrostrategic implications. Is it too early to begin considering some of them? Probably not.
We don’t think so - our goal is to be ‘the’ experts on the matter so when (or if) this happens .. why there we’ll be. Plans ready, legal and political questions framed and so forth.
Brian Dunbar
Liftport

]]> by: Patrick Boake http://astropolitics.org/blog1/2007/02/12/a-panama-canal-going-up/#comment-12 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:58:14 +0000 http://astropolitics.org/blog1/2007/02/12/a-panama-canal-going-up/#comment-12 I take it seriously enough that I’m focusing my freelance journalism career on it. I don’t know who’s going to build the first space elevator but I know who’s going to build the first media outlet about the space elevator - me. Watch for the Space Elevator Journal to move from being a blog to being a full-blown website in the near future. ASAP after the Second Biennial Space Elevator Conference in Albuquerque next week. Patrick Boake reporting live from cyberspace for the Space Elevator Journal I take it seriously enough that I’m focusing my freelance journalism career on it. I don’t know who’s going to build the first space elevator but I know who’s going to build the first media outlet about the space elevator - me.
Watch for the Space Elevator Journal to move from being a blog to being a full-blown website in the near future. ASAP after the Second Biennial Space Elevator Conference in Albuquerque next week.
Patrick Boake reporting live from cyberspace for the Space Elevator Journal

]]> by: Patrick Boake http://astropolitics.org/blog1/2007/02/12/a-panama-canal-going-up/#comment-11 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:57:51 +0000 http://astropolitics.org/blog1/2007/02/12/a-panama-canal-going-up/#comment-11 … and tell that little girl if she doesn’t stop it her face will stay like that. … and tell that little girl if she doesn’t stop it her face will stay like that.

]]> by: THBT http://astropolitics.org/blog1/2007/02/12/a-panama-canal-going-up/#comment-10 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:57:29 +0000 http://astropolitics.org/blog1/2007/02/12/a-panama-canal-going-up/#comment-10 Can I buy carbon credits here? My methane output has been atrocious as of late. Can I buy carbon credits here? My methane output has been atrocious as of late.

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