robert bristow-johnson wrote:

> i think it's gonna be personal rocket packs or anti-gravity levitation or
> something.

Ohh, anti-gravity would be s-w-eeeet !!! Really, I'm *so* fed up
with having to put up with gravity!! What kind of idiot could have
come up with such a stupid idea as gravity !!!! :-)

Apparently, space elevators could be a big thing as early as within
the next few decades -- see http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/aug05/1690

Carlos
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