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That way the earth could be mainly Bio based and space tech based.<br>
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Imagine shipping containers full of products parachuting down to distribution points all over the planet.<br>
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From: Tom Nowell <nebathenemi@yahoo.co.uk><br>
To: extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<br>
Sent: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:47<br>
Subject: [ExI] Novel off-planet energy idea<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Currently the most read article on newscientist.com<br>
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<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19497-outofthisworld-proposal-for-solar-wind-power.html" target="_blank">http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19497-outofthisworld-proposal-for-solar-wind-power.html</a><br>
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and here's an abstract from an astrobiology meeting<br>
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<a href="http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/pdf/5469.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/pdf/5469.pdf</a><br>
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does anyone know enough astrophysics to guide us armchair space enthusiasts <br>
through back-of-the-envelope calculations?<br>
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