Just get that trebuchet kit company to come up with a super giant trebuchet. Then NASA can buy as many kits as they need. Problem solved ;)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 1:40 PM Subject: RE: space shuttle columbia accident > > > > Actually, NASA has budgeted a nice chunk of cash for > > applied research into this. Apparently the required material > > science exists. > > Last I remember one of the best candidates was actually synthetic > spider-web. Much stronger and more resilent than steel. Very cool > stuff. > > Of course material costs are still prohibitive. Another option is a > tethered relay system. Some work's been done in that direction as well. > > Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
