| Beaming data to the moon-it sounds
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| | companies that had invested in
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| intriguing, but is it really the answer
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| | TransOrbital by sending their backup data
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| to offsite backup?
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| | to the moon could fly past their
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| Dozens of businesses were unable to
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| | competitors and reshape the new world. By
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| recover from 9/11. Having all of their
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| | retrieving data stored safely in space,
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| files and backup data in one location
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| | these companies redefine the Fortune 500
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| added incredible economic damage to the
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| | and become the new leaders in the global
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| already tragic losses of life. Should
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| | economy.
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| businesses anticipate a graver disaster
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| | Sound a bit hokey? That's the claim
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| than that of the World Trade Center?
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| | TransOrbital makes in a recent PC
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| Jumping forward ten, maybe twenty,
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| | Magazine article.
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| years...
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| | Laurie said, "September 11 caused people
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| North Korea's nuclear arsenal builds to
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| | to think about what data backup really
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| an astounding 50,000 warheads (more than
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| | means, and there is also always the
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| the USSR at the peak of the Cold War),
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| | threat of a natural disaster here on
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| the ozone hole exceeds 15 million square
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| | earth, such as a small asteroid hitting
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| miles, and the war on terror wages on.
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| | the planet."
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| Nevertheless, it's business-as-usual back
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| | Would it really work-data centers on the
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| in the good old US of A. Investments
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| | moon? The plan is to build
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| grow, as does the price of gasoline and
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| | server-friendly environments that could
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| real estate. Cures for would-be-lethal
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| | provide the "atmosphere" necessary for
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| diseases are on the brink of discovery,
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| | self-healing servers. Small shelter-like
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| and space travel is available to anyone
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| | structures that could keep a normal
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| willing to pay.
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| | temperature, air pressure, etc. need to
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| Nobody saw it coming. Or more precisely,
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| | be built on the moon; currently, Tran
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| no one believed it would really happen.
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| | Orbital is the only company with the
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| Astronomers warned of the day the
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| | licensing to do it.
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| asteroid would come. And it does.
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| | While they're up there, TransOrbital,
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| Barreling through space at unheard-of
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| | using Hewlett-Packard technology, plans
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| speeds, the asteroid, aptly named "the
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| | to make live digital images of the earth
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| end of days," smashes against the earth
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| | available on the web. They also offer to
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| like a 400 billion ton hammer. Hundreds
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| | ship personal objects to the moon for
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| of thousands of lives are lost almost
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| | safe-keeping for a small fee of $2500 per
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| immediately. Dust and ash spread across
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| | gram.
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| the sky, and the earth whimpers as if the
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| | The proposal certainly has its fair share
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| wind were knocked out of her. Over the
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| | of skeptics. The biggest argument being
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| coming months, the damage is addressed by
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| | that the likelihood of an asteroid
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| the Red Cross like a troupe of girl
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| | hitting the earth is miniscule compared
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| scouts servicing the Normandy invasion.
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| | to one hitting the moon. Earth's
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| The economy is in shambles as consumer
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| | atmosphere burns up most of the debris
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| confidence falls through the floor...and
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| | that would otherwise hit the surface,
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| then the basement.
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| | while the moon has no such protection.
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| Out of the smoke comes Dennis Laurie, CEO
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| | Others wonder about upgrading, repairs,
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| of TransOrbital. In a speech matched only
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| | and maintenance. As one reader put it,
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| by Sir Winston Churchill, or maybe even
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| | "At 75$ an hour and 30 cents per mile,
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| Morgan Freeman, he assures the world that
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| | that's one hefty bill from tech support.
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| rebuilding the economy is possible. The
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