“Apparatus for on-demand shooting-stars” consists of an orbital dock that traverses the Americas every 90 minutes with a payload of 128 1-kilo ball-bearings fashioned from an depleted Uranium-Phosphorus alloy (with various dopants to affect color). On command one or more bearings will be released where they will enter the atmosphere at about 27,000kph and burn up in a bright blaze. The idea is that rich Romeo-types can pre-book shooting-stars for about $10k to entertain their lovers, or just to add that extra touch of special-ness to a calculated romantic moment.
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“Apparatus for on-demand shooting-stars” consists of an orbital dock that traverses the Americas every 90 minutes with a payload of 128 1-kilo ball-bearings fashioned from an depleted Uranium-Phosphorus alloy (with various dopants to affect color). On command one or more bearings will be released where they will enter the atmosphere at about 27,000kph and burn up in a bright blaze. The idea is that rich Romeo-types can pre-book shooting-stars for about $10k to entertain their lovers, or just to add that extra touch of special-ness to a calculated romantic moment.
Posted by c0nn0r on May 14th, 2008 at 12:40 am
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