Nano-transistor self-assembles using biology
19:00 20 November 03
NewScientist.com news service
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns4406
There will be some pretty weird stuff happening over the next decade or so.
I sometimes wonder if we'll get our carbon nanotube fiber from
"Joe Latrell" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Don't get me wrong here and maybe I am being a bit slow here, but I have
som
--- Michael Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know how much perturbation is expected, but
remember that
the center of mass is about 23,000 miles out. At
those distances,
GEO satellites carry rather small engines to correct
for perturbations
that accumulate over *decades* of
of the Moon, is in anchoring it strongly enough
to
the
Moon.
-michael turner
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Obligatory quote from It's a Wonderful Life:
George Bailey: What do you want, Mary? Do you
want the moon? If you want it, I'll throw a
lasso around it and pull it down for you. Hey!
That's a pretty good idea! I'll give you the
moon, Mary.
Mary: I'll take it! Then
the growth of it has touched
down on the surface of the Moon, is in anchoring it strongly enough to the
Moon.
-michael turner
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An amusing afterthought to my last:
You're flying from Tokyo to London, over the North Pole. The pilot
announces a rendezvous with the Earth-Moon tether tip. The plane touches
down on the landing pad there. Some people get off, others get on. A
passenger takes the seat next to you. He looks
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Obligatory quote from It's a Wonderful Life:
George Bailey: What do you want, Mary? Do you
ce of the Moon, is in anchoring it strongly enough to
the
Moon.
-michael turner
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