[kruelio]

My wife and I were just talking about investing in Liftport today. I inquired as to investment opportunities in their company a couple of years ago and earlier this month they put together an early initial offering, but it ends on 8/31/2004 so we have to decide quickly.

My feeling is one of 4 things will happen (in ascending order of preference):

1. They'll fail.
2. Their project will become acquired by the military or NASA.
3. They will have a hard time putting it all together, but their patents will pay off.
4. They will succeed and we'll be rich!

I think the Space Elevator has a much greater chance for success in the near future than the Time Travel Fund. :-)

Comments?

[SunkenCiv]

The materials research may pay off bigtime, kinda like how the 1960s space program had spinoff technology, like pens that write upside down (as the Russians said, "why not just use a pencil?"), dehydrated broccoli, and Tang. And the use of really long tethers in space may be of some benefit. No chance of making a space elevator though. (':