One of the most promising technologies for the aspiring outer-space commuter is the space elevator. The concept, like quite a few others, was pressed into the public imagination by Arthur C. Clarke, who in his 1979 novel The Fountains of Paradise described a incredibly thin, incredibly strong carbon filament with one end anchored on Earth and the other extending up to a satellite in geostationary orbit. Now, a group of Japanese scientists are convinced that they can build a space elevator more quickly and cheaply than has been believed possible. Such a cable could convey cargo into space very cheaply and easily. Carriages would travel up and down the cable under modest power, not the vast expenditures of energy that are currently needed to send anything into orbit.
Ridiculous! the number of variables and potential problems to arise make this an impractical, un-logical pipe dream. The effects of wind current, wind storms, space debris, solar flares, thermal loading, expansion and contraction, thickness variations, lightening, and effectively shorting the ionosphere to ground will put the price tag high enough to bail out Wall Street!
At the starting dock of the Olympic triathlon trials, the expression on Andy Potts’s face seems to say I will kill you with my eyes. As the starting gun fires, he plunges into the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and, in a burst of white foam, quickly pulls ahead of nine rivals. The second-ranked Hunter Kemper manages to hold pace with Potts for a few minutes, then drifts back into third place.
I'll settle for a simple workout and some protein shakes, Then again, I don't plan to make the Olympics. My new invention is just fine for me, check it out at: www.urbanchicsoap.com/fit and a NASA sponsored contest at: http://www.createthefuturecontest.com/pages/view/entriesdetail.html?entryID=1346
I recently entered my Fitness invention in the Create The Future Contest sponsored by NASA and Solidworks. Check it out here! If you have an idea, why not enter? http://www.createthefuturecontest.com/pages/view/entriesdetail.html?entryID=1346
The history of sports is really the history of drugs in sports. From Roman gladiators hopped up on herbal stimulants to distance runners downing brandy-and-strychnine cocktails (a combination that helped American Tom Hicks win the 1904 Olympic marathon), athletes have always found ways to augment their bodies.
How about a high protein diet, and a good solid workout? Isn't that what it is all about? The athlete should be competing fairly with everyone! People in countries without the genetic research capabilities are already at a disadvantage, I thought sports were suppose to be a friendly competition, and unlike war, you should play fairly and NOT exploit every technical advantage. I invented a new workout device that is cheap, portable, and easy to use which can accompany a good diet to achieve results without doping. You can see it at: www.urbanchicsoap.com/fit
How about a high protein diet, and a good solid workout? Isn't that what it is all about? The athlete should be competing fairly with everyone! People in countries without the genetic research capabilities are already at a disadvantage, I thought sports were suppose to be a friendly competition, and unlike war, you should play fairly and NOT exploit every technical advantage. I invented a new workout device that is cheap, portable, and easy to use which can accompany a good diet to achieve results without doping. You can see it at: www.urbanchicsoap.com/fit
For as long as humans have looked to the night sky to divine meaning and a place in the universe, we have let our minds wander to thoughts of distant worlds populated by beings unlike ourselves. The ancient Greeks were the first Western thinkers to consider formally the possibility of an infinite universe housing an infinite number of civilizations.
Well, no one has ever counted the number of galaxies out there, (estimated at about 100 billion) or the number of stars in the average galaxy (also estimated at nearly the same), mathematical figures of probability would suggest that anyone who believes that we are the only intelligent life in the universe is incredibly naive. Anyone interested in purchasing the rights to a new product? Check it out. www.urbanchicsoap.com/fit
I have a patent pending butterfly press and portable universal gym that you can fit into a duffel bag. Not heavy, compact, and all you need is a regular chair. Looking for manufacturers or venture capitalists interested in this idea. You can look at it at: www.urbanchicsoap.com/fit Please, email me from there with your comments!
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