Home delivery from space! (Well not quite)

Hi all.

Long time reader, but infrequent poster here.

Haven't seen this space tether story posted, so I'll stick it up. My apologises if it's been posted elsewhere.

www.space.com/missionlaunches/071212-tw-space-tether.html

Looks like a pretty neat idea with a lot of potential. This might be the sort of thing, if it becomes wildly used, to
stimulate more research into space elevators i.e. a permanent tether up into space.

Regardless, I wonder how long it will be before you can get a Starbuck's delivered by space tether!


If the capsule has survived re-entry, then it may well end up as a 'UFO' story in a local newspaper somewhere.
Should be worth keeping eye out.

Some poor Kazak farmer is probably trying to pry it open as I type this. Either that or the capsule will be appearing on
ebay soon.


Regards,

Tim.

[edit on 12-12-2007 by ChunkyBarcode]