{"id":6982,"date":"2012-07-06T14:35:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T19:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/2012\/07\/04\/"},"modified":"2012-07-06T14:35:32","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T19:35:32","slug":"geek-month-in-review-june-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=6982","title":{"rendered":"Geek Month in Review: June 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

By J.B. Sanders<\/p>\n

June!<\/p>\n

Vacuum trains<\/a><\/Strong>
\nLeave New York City, be in Europe in an hour. How? With technology first proposed by Goddard (yes, that rocket guy) over 100 years ago: vacuum trains. Evacuate a tube to create an airless vacuum, and then shoot trains through it. The technique, with some modern modifications, is surprisingly effective.<\/p>\n

Private Colonization of Mars<\/Strong>
\nThere’s this company, Mars One, that plans to put people permanently on Mars in 11 years (2023). They’re going to fund the expedition by making the whole thing into a giant media event, including cameras on the selection of the crew, the feed from their rovers and from the Mars-orbiting satellite.
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