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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (2067)	9/8/2000 8:25:20 AM
From: Drew Williams	Respond to of 12245

NASA Science News for September 07, 2000 Science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was once asked when the "space elevator," a notion he helped to popularize, would become a reality. Clarke answered, "Probably about 50 years after everybody quits laughing." Nowadays NASA scientists are taking the idea seriously. In fact, they've compiled plans that could turn the space elevators of science fiction into a real-life mass transportation system to space by the end of the 21st century. FULL STORY at spacescience.com