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7. That title seems familiar, but I don't think I've read it

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 10:06 PM

Mar 20

Is there a space elevator in it? It seems like it would be such a fascinating (and useful) project.

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I always hoped to see a space elevator JoseBalow Mar 20 #1

Me, too! lastlib Mar 20 #6

That title seems familiar, but I don't think I've read it JoseBalow Mar 20 #7

Novel by Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey lastlib Mar 21 #9

Oh, that sounds pretty good! JoseBalow Mar 21 #10

. lastlib Mar 21 #11

Also "Web Between the Worlds" by Charles Sheffield, an astrophysicist. eppur_se_muova Mar 21 #14

I imagine robots would be the labor of the future JoseBalow Mar 20 #8

Our species... 2naSalit Mar 20 #3

Never? CloudWatcher Mar 20 #4

More likely than not. 2naSalit Mar 20 #5

Never is a long time ._. Mar 21 #15

Not my point, though... 2naSalit Mar 21 #16