Re: Burning Cosmic Commons (was: ... Fermi's Paradox?)

Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Sat, 06 Mar 1999 21:43:26 +0000

At 07:58 PM 3/5/99 -0600, David Blenkinsop <blenl@sk.sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Well, it may not be so easy

No, not if you insist on blowing yourself into space on a swiftly depleted column of hot gas. How about my favourite gadget, a Hyde Space Fountain? Keep your power plant decently on the ground, and run up the virtual ladder on electromagnetism. Room-temp superconductors would surely help.

Damien Broderick