SpaceElevatorGuy Michael Laine
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Saturday, 2 February 2008
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but what about that website mockup you did? any chance of resurrecting that?
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nope, not for the speaking gig, that was practically in my back yard - about 2 hours away. i did that thursday, and it was great! will blog about that today. no the trip was for my mom, and her family. but she does not drive very well these days (eyes are going...) so i told her i'd help out.
wow, going to google! that would be fun. be sure to ask about their plans for world domination, and the role of the space elevator in it! http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/22/business/google.php
I am sure that a trip up the coast with you new bride would be romantic... it is less so, with your mother... :-)
take care. mjl
Friday, 1 February 2008
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normally, according to maps.google.com the trip is 1200 miles and 18 hours... so, the round trip should be 36 and 2400 right? well, because of snow, sleet, hail, and lots and lots of rain, it took 47 hours, and 600miles extra. And these miles were not at 60-70-80 which is typical in Cal... nope. we had to take the coastal roads, and so had hairpin turns at 20-30-40. AND i got pulled over 3x in 3 days! it was surreal. 2 tickets for a total of $310... this was not my best trip ever... in my 25 years of driving, i have only gotten 5 tickets, and now i just added 2 more...
beyond that, it was nice hanging with my mom for a week. i joked about "driving miss daisy", and said "yessa, massa, right away massa" a bunch. :-)
Friday, 18 January 2008
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Thanks guys!
Yup, i knew about the wired article, i had already emailed the author, loretta.
and thanks for passing along the word, for actionforspace.com. john is working hard, and it is paying off. he sent me a file with all the loggins of the past 24 hours - it is crazy - from all over the world... probably 30 countries already!
and yes, we are making progress, but we have to keep up the pressure, and make sure the republicans are feeling the heat, too. so if you have not voted for questions on both sides of the aisle, go back and vote. thanks!
ACE - did you have fun last night? It was last night, right? your big dinner? I hope it was great. No, no word from MSNBC, yet. I am a little disappointed. So will propose the same thing to space.com and newscientist.
Take care, and thanks. mjl
Thursday, 17 January 2008
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P.P.S. new blogsite set up for this activity - http://actionforspace.blogspot.com tell your friends. thanks.
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P.S. - tell everyone you know to please do the same. spread the word! thanks.
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So here is our chance to make our voice heard by the next President of the USA! The Space Advocacy Community is actively involved in creating questions, and voting on current questions, that will be used in the national televised debates!
"We" have mobilized and taken action. At last count, 9 of the top 10 questions for the democrats were related to space. HOWEVER, only 1 of the top 25 is about space for the republicans. We need to vote for BOTH sides of this debate. Remember, we are only voting for questions, not a candidate. I don't care if you are leaning toward the left or the right when November comes around. For now, we need to vote on questions for both sides of the aisle.
thanks. mjl
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