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[close] To build “the biggest thing, ever!” – LiftPort’s Space Elevator – requires an enormous breadth and depth of knowledge. Naturally, there are technical challenges. These problems of physics, chemistry and orbital dynamics are the ‘sexy’ issues that get all the media attention. But there are additional questions – law, international policy, military implications, theology, finance, operational management, education, human resources, risk mitigation/insurance and more… These concerns cannot be solved with a calculator or a spreadsheet. These are problems which involve people; which mean they are problems not of facts, but of emotions. There are plenty of technical questions that our specialists are working on, but we’ve created this book club to prioritize on the ‘human’ aspect of building the Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure. This book club is developed as a way of organizing topics to focus on. I have segmented the problems into “Challenges” (below). This book club will tackle books in all of these topics (posted in a Folder). The goal is to both educate myself / my team and of vital importance – to educate our fans / general population. We will read a variety of books (two per month) that will impact the development of Elevators on the Moon, and eventually on Mars and the Terrestrial Space Elevator here on the Earth! I invite you to join and participate in our discussions. Your intelligence, input, advice and wisdom are valued! Thanks for your interest and participation. Michael Laine www.twitter.com/mlaine President, LiftPort Group www.liftport.com

[close] Dear Readers, I am absolutely passionate about business, business growth and self development as a leader. In recent years, I've found myself reaching for more and more business and leadership books to learn from others that have been there and done it, to complement what I'm learning every day and have done for the past 20 years and more! I have so many thoughts that it keeps me up at night and so channelling those thoughts into this group will hopefully both help me sleep better and connect with other like minded business growth fans. The plan is to discuss the work and related topics together. I will post some questions/thoughts/quotes to get things started but would love for this group to grow into an open discussion between you all. If you fancy it, please join up and participate. Everyone is welcome and I would be honoured! Alastair

[close] ...March 21, 2013 to April 20, 2013...