Comments on: Waring Drive

By: mds

mds — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:07:40 +0000

oolonization is where you turn everything into smoky-flavored tea.

Using holbonic flux.

By: Belle Waring

Belle Waring — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:15:15 +0000

oolonization is where you turn everything into smoky-flavored tea.

By: Henry (not the famous one)

Henry (not the famous one) — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:47:30 +0000

Make that colonization.

By: Henry (not the famous one)

Henry (not the famous one) — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:45:12 +0000

I was in Berkeley . . . . okay, do I have to go any further? The individual selling the tracts seemed to have some authority; he certainly had a lot of deeds. And if I read the article you linked to correctly, even bad deeds can lead to oolonization.

By: shpx.ohfu

shpx.ohfu — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:34:08 +0000

Henry:
As the treaties seem to ban ownership of any (celestial) property except by international and governmental entites, I’m curious who conveyed that title to you. Perhaps your 30 year old purchase predated the treaties, but in that case I’d have to wonder what interest the seller possessed that he was able to convey to you. Assuming the validity of your title, your $5 investment may have some real value, but it would be no fun to be there when that particular real estate bubble bursts.

By: Henry (not the famous one)

Henry (not the famous one) — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:09:46 +0000

Shpx.ohfu:

I bought an acre on the moon roughly thirty years ago; I think I can find the deed if I looked hard enough. Relatively cheap—$5.00, I think.

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:55:53 +0000

Obviously, Waring Drives would be premised on the unexpected discovery of holbonic resonators, which have the unusual property of being able to pack strings of infinite length into finite spaces, thus enabling hyperspatial travel. Simple.

By: shpx.ohfu

shpx.ohfu — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:49:37 +0000

Nameless: This 1967 treaty (Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies) seems to have started the concept. Since then, the Rescue Agreement of 1968, the Liability Convention of 1972, the Registration Convention of 1976 and the Moon Treaty of 1984 have been added. The wiki has more. For arguments advocating the extension of terrestrial private law and property rights, see, e.g., thespacereview.com.

By: Bro. Bartleby

Bro. Bartleby — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:52:33 +0000

Blenders?! I have on good word that you can strap on your back a genuine rocket, right now! Let me see … oh yes, it is a Beirut address, and they have plenty of rockets … and it says right here “in need of volunteers for a most awe-inspiring flight into space” … sub-orbital of course … well, the fine print, “a flight of a very large arc” … with, in bold print, “a promise of fireworks upon your touchdown!”

By: ob

ob — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:40:29 +0000

dunno about ‘holbo drive’.

But the original sounds like trying to blast off with two blenders strapped to your back.

What do you set them to: liquefy? purée? hyperdrive?

By: nameless

nameless — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:20:14 +0000

I heard the late Justice Brennan speak to the American Law Institute about 15 or more years ago about Space Law. I remember nothing about it other than it seemed so . . . remote from our experience and, as of that date, completely speculative. Has there been any actual development in this area, or is it entirely militarized?

By: bryan

bryan — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:18:04 +0000

I’m sorry but holbo drive is cooler, as long as it is pronounced to rhyme with hobo drive.