damninteresting.com— In May 1963, the US Air Force launched 480 million tiny copper needles that briefly created a ring encircling the entire globe. They called it Project West Ford.
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Love the idea of the space elevator and a communications ring, like a big wagon wheel around the globe. Wouldn't it suck to get "tether-spam" in space, though?
wolfghostMay 2, 2006
Let me know when you invent a magnet that attracts copper.
swaxMay 2, 2006
Your post is nothing but questions, guesses, and loose rationalizations. I call bulls**t.
demarcheMay 2, 2006
I dunno about space, but anyone who gets near the tether who's posted above is certainly going to a lot of unnecessary, vitriolic abuse.
blink21May 2, 2006
Love the idea of the space elevator and a communications ring, like a big wagon wheel around the globe. Wouldn't it suck to get "tether-spam" in space, though?
bloekieMay 2, 2006
We actually were philosophing once at the playground about "a ring built around the earth".It's just amazing.
deuteriumMay 3, 2006
The French have a military?
boredzoMay 3, 2006
"article"