Monday, September 22, 2008

Neat!

I really enjoy news stories like these:


Apparently, an archaeologist found what he thinks is the capital of an ancient empire that adopted Judaism as their state religion: the Khazars.   That particular empire has disappeared so thoroughly that, until recently, it was as mythological as Troy.  Actually, on second thought, since the ancient city of Troy from Homer's Illiad has recently been found, I suppose it's still as mythological as Troy.  


I've read about this technology--known in sci-fi vocabulary as "beanstalk" technology--in the fiction written by Robert Heinlein and John Scalzi.  According to theories, it could very well be more efficient, more enviornmentally friendly, and cheaper to use than the shuttle technology currently in use.  

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