Comments on: Start saving now! http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Movoto http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html#comment-1550008 Movoto Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185204#comment-1550008 Thanks for the feedback! We love the helium balloon idea! Thanks for the feedback! We love the helium balloon idea!

]]> By: jackbird http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html#comment-1548816 jackbird Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185204#comment-1548816  Mitt Romney will get NASA to work on a space car elevator.  Mitt Romney will get NASA to work on a space car elevator.

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html#comment-1548749 IamInnocent Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185204#comment-1548749  Same plus the price of the baloons: you'd still have to reach orbital speed. :o(  Same plus the price of the baloons: you’d still have to reach orbital speed. :o(

]]> By: Pip_R_Lagenta http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html#comment-1548341 Pip_R_Lagenta Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185204#comment-1548341 This is no good to me unless I can get my house into interstellar space.  If it is just orbiting the Sun, it is a waste of effort. This is no good to me unless I can get my house into interstellar space.  If it is just orbiting the Sun, it is a waste of effort.

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html#comment-1548217 Ramone Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185204#comment-1548217 "What you do with it once it's up there remains anybody's guess." I'll just leave this here: http://youtu.be/Whfg26yGPx4 “What you do with it once it’s up there remains anybody’s guess.”

I’ll just leave this here: http://youtu.be/Whfg26yGPx4

]]> By: Dan Hibiki http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html#comment-1548205 Dan Hibiki Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185204#comment-1548205 I'm sure ARCA can give you a quote on that. http://www.arcaspace.com/ I’m sure ARCA can give you a quote on that.
http://www.arcaspace.com/

]]> By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html#comment-1548195 Finnagain Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185204#comment-1548195 I'm waiting for the space house elevator. I’m waiting for the space house elevator.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html#comment-1548191 Gilbert Wham Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185204#comment-1548191 Fucking bargain. I'm sold. Fucking bargain. I’m sold.

]]> By: eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/start-saving-now.html#comment-1548189 eldritch Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185204#comment-1548189 What would it cost to slowly lift the same house into the upper reaches of the atmosphere via a giant helium balloon, and then nudge it into orbit with rockets thereafter? What would it cost to slowly lift the same house into the upper reaches of the atmosphere via a giant helium balloon, and then nudge it into orbit with rockets thereafter?

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