Re: Eugene Cernan wants to go back to the past

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:28:29 GMT, Fred J. McCall
<fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

royls@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

:On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:06:42 -0400, Len Lekx
:<LFLekx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:> - we know how to transmit electricity via microwaves
:
:But not so much about how to transmit large amounts of it from orbit
:to ground level.

Wrong. We know precisely how to do this.

That is simply false.

:> - we're learning how to assemble large structures in orbit
:
:?? We are? "Large" presumably meaning well under 1KT?

Then once you build one of those, build another one and hook the two
together.

That's the kind of "logic" that kills people:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse

-- Roy L
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