Comment Re:Any two-dimensional shape? (Score 1) 56
...and here we have a new replicator nanobot...oops
... they also have ground requirements much closer to 'airport with atypically long runway'
If that's what they need then the Irish government should look at creating a spaceport near Shannon, which has a gigantic runway,suitable both for the frequent US military stopovers to and from the Middle East, and (I was told) for the Shuttle, should an emergency ever have arisen requiring a landing in Europe if Edwards or elsewhere was unavailable. But that may just be local pride
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