In this Space.com / adAstraOnline article about the recently concluded International Space Development Conference, the author says that the Space Advocates who attended this conference were united in the view that “space exploration can and will make life better on Earth.”
The Space Elevator was mentioned as an enabling technology.
Jim Louderback, PC Magazine’s editor-in-chief, writes about two topics discussed at the just concluded Future in Review Conference, Nanotechnology and Space Exploration.
Using a Space Elevator to get to space was, shall we say, not enthusiastically endorsed.
Cheese (another guy from Wisconsin?) speculates on the role of a Space Elevator in the development of Space Industries.
As announced on the Foresight Nanotech Institute website, Michael Laine, founder and President of LiftPort, will be giving a presentation “on the topic of using nanotech to build a space elevator.” This presentation will be on Tuesday, May 30th, at 12:30pm Eastern time and will be available via webcast for those of us not able to attend.
Mark your calendars…
Anybody into gaming knows that Halo 2 is far and away the most popular game released for the Microsoft XBOX platform. The company that produced Halo and Halo 2, Bungie, has now announced Halo 3. The announced release date is sometime in 2007 and the game is designed for the new XBOX platform, XBOX 360.
What has this got to do with a Space Elevator? On AdamCreighton.com, I found an announcement that a new trailer / teaser for Halo 3 has just been released. The scene shown is in New Mombasa, with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background, along with the wreckage of a Space Elevator.
You can view the high-res version of the trailer here and the lo-res version here. Unless you have a high-speed internet connection, stick with the lo-res – they’re big files.
I’m glad the Space Elevator will make it to such a popular gaming platform, but wish it was there as something other than wreckage. Still, I guess it’s progress…