Re: [Sci.nanotech] Slightly OT: Cloud Nines



"Bootstrap Bill" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A buckysphere on the order of a mile across has something on the order
three square miles of steel trusswork.

I suggest that you sit down with a calculator and figure out how much
money the steel alone will cost.

How does that compare with the price of real estate in an urban area like
Orange County, California, or NYC?

It does not compare very well, as it happens. New York City is not
nearly so dear in most locations. Yes, some sections of midtown would
probably be more expensive, but not by a lot, and probably if you
judged by volume rather than area New York would still be cheaper.

I also would humbly suggest that a sphere floating in a random spot is
unlikely to be nearly so desirable as a chunk of Midtown Manhattan.

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Perry E. Metzger perry@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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