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Tag Archives: Liftport
Interview with James Yee
I am a long term Space Tracker. I’ve worked at Goldstone, JPL, and I’m now at the White Sands TDRS tracking facility in New Mexico. I’ve been tracking satellites for over 10 years now. Besides that I’m just one big … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D modeling, 3D modelling, big stompy robots, cancer, Consumed, EVE online, fathers and daughters, gamers, Gozer the Carpathian, Gozer the Gozerian, Innocence Lost, Jenner, kickstarter, Liftport, Merge, NASA, Sarah, Sharyn Yee, Space Elevator, spacecraft, Tabletop Adventures, The Big Bang Theory, Vigo the Carpathian, webcomic
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The Goal Post for June 5
I did it! I submitted to a big magazine. A 3k story to Analog! All the submissions I’ve done thus far have been to small press…even micro-press anthologies and magazines. I’ve very proud of the acceptances I’ve had, and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in ROW80, Writing
Tagged #ROW80, Analog, anthology, GETLF8D, Liftport, Submission, writing
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Interview With Elsie LiftPort
Elsie the Giraffe is the mascot for the LiftPort Group. We are dedicated to unshackling humanity from the tyranny of gravity by building Elevators in Space. We do some BIG science, but also have fun. We have comedy clips, music … Continue reading
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Tagged ArduSat, Arthur C Clarke, Bazinga!, Big science, Camilla the rubber chicken, carbon nanotubes, dental floss, Elevators in space, Elsie, ETDP, Fountains of Paradise, isec, Leeward Space Foundation, LEGO robotics, Liftport, Liftportal, LSEI, Lunar Space Elevator, Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure, Metropolis, Michael Laine, plausible, science, sharks with lasers, Space Race Kids, Spooner, Spooner Etdpo, TeamPrmetheus, The Big Bang Theory, Warp Drive, world domination
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SciFi Q of the Day: Off-Equator Space Elevators
SciFi Question of the Day: Logic dictates that a space elevator be tethered from a point on the equator to a point out in geosynchronous orbit. But if you tethered it someplace that wasn’t on the equator, it would still … Continue reading
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Tagged anchor the elevator, ascending node, cross-track force, descending node, equator, equatorial nations, geosynchronous, geosynchronous orbit, hockey stick, inclination, International Space Elevator Conference, International Telecommunications Union, isec, isec.org, Jason Hough, Jason M Hough, Liftport, Liftportal, LiftPortal Space Education, lightning, Space Elevator, space tether, tether, The Darwin Elevator, Thoughts on space elevators
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Interview With Homer Hickam
Homer Hickam is probably best known for his classic memoir Rocket Boys which was made into the 1999 movie October Sky. He is also a bestselling and award-winning author of more than a dozen other books including his military history … Continue reading
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Tagged biolastic, Boyle's Law, Cape Hatteras, Crater, decompression sickness, Dinosaur Hunter, Distinguished Service Award, Fillmore County, Garfield County, gillie, helium-3, Homer Hickam, Homer Hickman, Josh Thurlow, Liftport, NASA, October Sky, Olympic torch, Paco, Rocket Boys, scrag, scrapes, Sky of Stone, Space Elevator, St. John, The Cat Who Meowed in Space, The Keeper's Son, Torpedo Junction, Vietnam Vet
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The Goalpost for May 14
My goals for this round of ROW80 are simple. Submit something every week. The first week (April was hiatus…I joined this round late) was great…I submitted twice! But this week I got stuck by overthinking a story. One of those … Continue reading →