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Friday, November 09, 2007

ASCENSION ISLAND - WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR

This is a teaser for an article I intend to post next week. I suspect a few of you may guess what my proposal for the island is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_Island

// posted by neil craig @ 1:45 pm

Comments:

Hmmm. Space elevator?

# posted by

Anonymous : November 09, 2007

Good guess, in fact sufficiently good that I did not put it up before & tip off the waiting masses.

# posted by

neil craig : November 16, 2007

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