In 2003 we were looking at three high-strength polymers as candidate materials with which to build the momentum-exchange tether. The relevant parameter was their strength-to-mass ratio, which could be expressed as a "characteristic velocity."

#tweetfromalternatehistory Tanada #whatif Dombey Mission Succeeds? Philip K Allan 1793 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Joseph Dombey safely reaches the USA where he is greeted & entertained as a foreign dignitary by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson todayinah.co.uk/index.php?stor…

#tweetfromalternatehistory Tanada July 1905 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory Canadian PM Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid Laurier decides that St. Lawrence Seaway plan will go forward, upgrading the route from Atlantic to Thunder Bay, Ontario on Lake Superior todayinah.co.uk/index.php?stor…

One the greatest Americans ever to draw breath.

James Woods Here's a good one:

“You can’t have 80° and 30° in the same week” Midwesterners: hold my beer 🍻

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Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 0 Kings. 1 Awesome President!

“Eww the Midwest is ugly why would you want to live there?” The Midwest:

Johnny Midnight ⚡️ Karen Carpenter

The U.S. used to lead the world in #nuclear energy, we could be the global leader again by green-lighting SMRs, halting U-233 downblending, and embracing thorium as a nuclear superfuel. Economic prosperity requires cheap, abundant, clean power and nuclear is the key.

#tweetfromalternatehistory Tanada #whatif Wehrmacht switched to diesel after Dunkirk? 23rd May, 1940 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory the German tank offensive in Normandy suddenly came to an unplanned halt due to a shortage of essential fuel supplies todayinah.co.uk/index.php?stor…

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#tweetfromalternatehistory Tanada Robbie Taylor Jeff Provine April 1 1789 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory House of Representatives choose five senators for a Presidential oversight committee chaired by Richard Henry Lee to ensure Republican Vigilance todayinah.co.uk/index.php?stor…

#tweetfromalternatehistory #Whatif #comet #deepimpact in 1720? Tanada 1720 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory day before New Moon, a new unseen comet with a nucleus 20 miles long and 12 miles wide shaped like a lumpy potato hit the far side of the moon todayinah.co.uk/index.php?stor…

#tweetfromalternatehistory Tanada Robbie Taylor 1872 #OnThisDay in #alternatehistory with equine influenza pandemic crossing the Canadian border & jumping species to humans, the Boston Fire Department is overwhelmed by the Great Fire outbreak todayinah.co.uk/index.php?stor…

#tweetfromalternatehistory by Tanada 1814 #OnThisDay #alternatehistory U.S.A. celebrates a glorious victory at #BattleofNewOrleans, marked as a National Celebration Day (replacing Thanksgiving) paired with the Fourth of July in the American calendar todayinah.co.uk/index.php?stor…

Midwest vs. The Rest youtu.be/8KpkceTklu0?si…