Someone invented the phone before Bell but no one gives a crap. Doing something better or first means nothing if you don't put yourself out there. Let's see your work and the work of your students. Put your money where you mouth is.
because it would be insanely expensive. There is a huge difference between launching something into orbit and launching something entirely *out* of earth orbit. Look at the weight ratios for fuel/consumables relative to payload for the Apollo missions; rocket technology has gotten a little better, but Newton is a tough adversary and efficiencies haven't increased by much. Now scale that ratio up to landfill-sized payloads and you would need a ship as big as a skyscraper (maybe something like the Orion project <a class="user" href="http://www.peoplesarchive.com/browse/movies/1216/">http://www.peoplesarchive.com/browse/movies/1216/</a> ) To send such an insane engineering feat on a suicide mission just to take out the garbage would be pretty desperate.(and there's that pesky Space Pollution Act)
mikeontvNov 10, 2007
But how did they crush porcelain?
jaguartNov 10, 2007
What's next? Designer Trash Bags?
azntiger1000Nov 10, 2007
Wow surprisingly that actually looks pretty awesome!
dannyboy7783Nov 11, 2007
Someone invented the phone before Bell but no one gives a crap. Doing something better or first means nothing if you don't put yourself out there. Let's see your work and the work of your students. Put your money where you mouth is.
monk22Nov 12, 2007
is it pollution if it gets vaporized?
digeratigirlNov 13, 2007
Simple. effective, accessible and it has a powerful message. It is all the things that a great art piece should be. On top of that it made me laugh.
Closed AccountDec 4, 2007
because it would be insanely expensive. There is a huge difference between launching something into orbit and launching something entirely *out* of earth orbit. Look at the weight ratios for fuel/consumables relative to payload for the Apollo missions; rocket technology has gotten a little better, but Newton is a tough adversary and efficiencies haven't increased by much. Now scale that ratio up to landfill-sized payloads and you would need a ship as big as a skyscraper (maybe something like the Orion project <a class="user" href="http://www.peoplesarchive.com/browse/movies/1216/">http://www.peoplesarchive.com/browse/movies/1216/</a> ) To send such an insane engineering feat on a suicide mission just to take out the garbage would be pretty desperate.(and there's that pesky Space Pollution Act)
amirmanJan 24, 2008
need higher res