Comments on: Futuristic mega-projects by Shimizu http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/ Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:11:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: Artificial Whales and Pyramid Cities | ALEXJC38 http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-4325528 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:51:31 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-4325528 [...] You can see these on the Shimizu website and also on several others, including the curiously-named Pink Tentacle site and The Daily Onigiri (this last site, by the way, features articles about all sorts of [...]

]]> By: Starman http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-4325362 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:21:15 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-4325362 You're not willing to pay and you think it's nonsense.
I think a committee advising King Ferdinand of Space said something similar about a proposal from Christopher Columbus.

Senator William Proxmire had a similar view about space exploration, preferring to wear blinkers and to ignore its benefits.

Maybe these projects won't come about, but I'm glad to see people thinking them up. If we don't have plans for the future then we'll stagnate and die.

"Where there is not vision, the people perish."
Proverbs ch 29 v 18.

There's another quote which is also based on a statement from the Bible. It was a pro-space slogan from the 1980s:

"The meek shall inherit the Earth.
The rest of us shall go to the stars!"

]]> By: DasBigfoot http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-3518551 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:49:35 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-3518551 yeah, OK... but I still didn't see flying cars anytime soon ....

]]> By: Zennanyah Manley http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-3208729 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:54:21 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-3208729 This guy's ideas are fantastic, I wish I could speak with him. But if he's still active when I start up my M.F.I. I'd love to have him on my team.

]]> By: Bob Bello http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-3040160 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:28:17 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-3040160 You are giving us a million new ideas for speculative fiction, which might just help get these projects underway sooner rather than later ;-) Godspeed!

]]> By: Ringworld Paper Model and Futuristic Projects | Enderra http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-2152649 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:47:16 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-2152649 [...] Tentacle has a post about seven futuristic mega-projects that would make awesome settings for a sci fi novel – I am so going to steal some of these [...]

]]> By: معماری آینده شهرهای عظیم | شادفا http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-2137024 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:27:16 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-2137024 [...] (image via) [...]

]]> By: Japanese firm wants to transform the Moon into a giant solar power plant http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-1793313 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:03:25 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-1793313 [...] More information: Shimizu Corporation via: Pink Tentacle [...]

]]> By: satchelwolfman http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-1223117 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:48:05 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-1223117 BP happened most because they ignored a bunch of regulations and ignored a bunch of safety systems. Get off your Neoconservative horse.

]]> By: Ots http://pinktentacle.com/2010/06/futuristic-mega-projects-by-shimizu/#comment-1202021 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:14:31 +0000 http://pinktentacle.com/?p=5944#comment-1202021 You did excellent work. I am waiting for the next articles as good as this is!

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