NewScientistSpace article on LiftPort’s recently completed 60 day test of their one-mile high tether system. Several interesting problems with airborne wildlife were encountered.
The article also reported that LiftPort is now working with North Carolina State University and Rutgers University to develop a three-mile high tether system. Finally, it is reported that LiftPort’s carbon nanotube factory has now “made its own carbon nanotubes for the first time.”
The Space Elevator will be used to allow both inhabitants of Pluto to secede from our solar system to a “softer, gentler solar system”…
About a month ago, I had posted about a Space-Elevator themed CD which was about to be released. It’s out now and I received the one I ordered a few days ago. I’ve now had a chance to listen to it and have really enjoyed it. The CD’s artists, Dale Kay and Wes Antczak, should be very proud of their accomplishment. I hope they sell a ton of these.
The music is, as they mention on a sticker put on the CD cover, “In the tradition of Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre and Synergy!” You can go to the InquisitorBetrayer web site or Dale’s MySpace web site or CD Baby to listen to samples of the various tracks or to purchase the CD. You can also purchase single tracks or the CD at Music Forte.
The cover is designed by Paul Whitehead – album cover art afficionado’s will know who he is (click on the cover graphic to see a larger version).
So, now we have something to listen to while we’re “Going Up” and have solved the problem posed here.