{"id":1005,"date":"2008-07-29T00:05:40","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T05:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2008-07-29T14:19:15","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T19:19:15","slug":"2008-space-elevator-conference-press-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?p=1005","title":{"rendered":"2008 Space Elevator Conference – Press roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

There has probably been enough time elapsed\u00a0since the end of the 2008 Space Elevator Conference<\/a> (last Monday) to have all the articles about it percolate through my RSS feed reader – hence I think this is a good time to do a round-up of those articles.<\/p>\n

First up, of course, Alan Boyle’s Cosmic Log article<\/a>, “Will the Space Elevator Rise?”.<\/em>\u00a0 It was good to see\u00a0Alan again.\u00a0 His office is just a short ride away from where the conference was held and he invited me to visit it, but I just didn’t have the time (I had to forgo a schedule interview, too, sigh…).\u00a0 Anyway, it’s a fine article, but has prompted a note of Tom Nugent (from LaserMotive) who is quoted in the article as saying that a Space Elevator would “never be built”.\u00a0 Tom tells me that he told Alan that the FIRST one would not be built on Earth (and he gave a presentation about that), but that someday it might be possible.\u00a0 I wasn’t part of the conversation so I don’t know who said what to whom in response to which question.<\/p>\n

The conference was also featured in Gizmodo<\/a>, who concentrated on the Lego Space Elevator brought to us by the Japanese contingent.\u00a0 I have a few other pictures of this Lego model which I’ll send off to Gizmodo.\u00a0 This must a very popular site; the mention of the Space Elevator Blog caused a large spike in my traffic.<\/p>\n

Mary Stevens Decker wrote a fine article<\/a> about the conference in the PNWLocalNews.com Lifestyles section.\u00a0 It certainly sounds like, from the article, that she attended the Conference; I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to meet her.<\/p>\n

Did you know that there is a podcast show out there devoted to the Elevator industry?\u00a0 Neither did I.\u00a0 The Elevator Radio Show.com<\/a> is just such a show.\u00a0 This host of this show, Tom Cyber<\/strike> Sybert, briefly covers press stories that have anything to do with the Elevator “field”.\u00a0 Many of the stories in this weeks show<\/a> were about the Space Elevator and the Space Elevator conference.\u00a0 In the past, I’ve been the recipient of emails from someone purporting to represent an Elevator manufacturing company in China and promising me the “best prices” on Elevator parts, but this show clearly treated us as not an ordinary Elevator application.\u00a0 On a related note, I was recently interviewed by Revista Ascensores, a Spanish language publication devoted to the Elevator industry.\u00a0 Again, the interviewer clearly knew the difference between a “normal” elevator and what we’re trying to do, but thought the interview would be interesting and fun for their readers.\u00a0 One\u00a0other note about The Elevator Radio show.com; they are out of Chicago (my own neck of the woods) and they are currently sponsoring a contest where the prize is a Beer-making kit – these guys rock! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Finally, they mentioned another website, ElevatorGear.com<\/a>, a site where you can buy such things as a “Rosenberg Tagged Elevator Oiler” and a book published in 1927, “Electric Elevators”.<\/p>\n

In an article in Seattlepi.com<\/a>, Todd Bishop points out that Microsoft’s sponsorship and hosting of the 2008 Space Elevator Conference doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re interested in building one.\u00a0 Sigh, too true…<\/p>\n

In another Seattlepi.com article<\/a>, Tom Paulson discusses the recent coverage and quotes several of the attendees, including Akira Tsuchida, captain of the E-T-C (Earth-Track-Controllers) Space Elevator team and member of the Japan Space Elevator Association, who\u00a0joked that a Space Elevator would be better for Japan than rockets because “…if we shoot (a) missile in Japan, North Korea might become angry”.<\/em><\/p>\n

In itworld.com, Nancy Gohring\u00a0writes about<\/a> the recent conference and the idea proposed by Dr. Brad Edwards of opening a theme ride in Florida which would simulate a ride on a Space Elevator.\u00a0 I think this is a fabulous idea (and blogged about it earlier, here<\/a>).\u00a0 This facility would also be doing research into carbon nanotubes in a facility which could be viewed by the public.\u00a0 I hope this idea happens.<\/p>\n

On the KiroTV.com site, there is a short article<\/a> about the Conference along with a link to a video clip (a news report) about the Conference.\u00a0 Alisa Brodkowitz, co-chair of the “Legal Pillar” committee \/ workshop, is quoted talking about insurance issues and how they relate to a Space Elevator.<\/p>\n

In Kappa Alpha Iota, the “author and Susan” blogged<\/a> about the conference and their thoughts on it.<\/p>\n

And that’s about it…<\/p>\n

29JUL08 Update – Yes, there are other sites out there with Conference related stories, but as far as I have been able to tell, they are ‘reprints’ of ones I’ve listed here.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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