Wombat Mobile I should be coding or sleeping instead of this...

It was nice to see the Space Elevator get slashdotted over the weekend.

Here's a good article on the current state of things.

I haven't thought about a space elevator in years...well, I guess it's been since my senior year in college, when I was on a team putting together a design proposal for a skyhook/space tether. Heh, we almost missed graduation trying to finish up on that damn thing.

It's a pretty mind-blowing concept, but it's surprisingly not as out of reach as many sci-fi ideas, if you're willing to sit down and plough through the analysis and calculations, especially with recent nanotube developments.

Damn, I hope to see this happen in my lifetime.