A few odds ‘n ends, related to our favorite subject…

First of all, a new video has been posted on YouTube.  This is not the first Line Rider video I’ve seen, but it’s the first one I’ve seen with a Space Elevator in it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG2P92cLYrE[/youtube]

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Next we have this blog post by Mike Brotherton (“Rocket Scientists are Stupid Smart People”) relating to Space Travel, Space Elevators and the short-sightedness of some people which, IMHO, very effectively replies to this article in Wired.com (“Rocket Scientists Say We’ll Never Reach the Stars”).  Mark is clearly a kindred spirit…

Finally, a portion of a  review (in Christianity Today no less) of Joe Haldeman’s new book “Marsbound” mentions;

“As the story opens, Carmen Dula and her family have been chosen by lottery for a six-year trip to Mars. On the beach, waiting for the Space Elevator that will left them up to their space ship, she meets a man, fifteen years older, named Paul Collins—who turns out to be the pilot who will fly them to Mars. Two weeks in the crowded confines of the Space Elevator gives her no chance to get to know Paul better, but during the six-month flight on to Mars, she manages to find enough privacy to form a relationship with him.”

I wonder how the interior of the Space Elevator Climber (or whatever the author calls it) and the trip itself is described.  I think I’ll wait ’til the paperback version comes out – but I’ll be interested in finding out.