[at-l] Cell tower in Yellowstone?

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 09:05 PM 3/19/2004 -0500, J Bryan Kramer wrote:
>Well I suppose the company could have abandoned those 79 satellites it
>launched and the billions it sunk into the venture in order to please the
>cell phone companies. Of course all this happened before the cell phone
>craze was in full spate.
>
>BTW the iridium satellites still put on a fine show called the iridium
>flash. They are so bright that they can be seen in daylight if you know
>where to look. For those of you who are sky watchers
>
>http://www.heavens-above.com/
>
>has a schedule of flashes and other interesting events.
>
>Br
>
>  Lex et Libertas -- Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis!
> >
> >
> > ARe you sure it's a true failure and not just something the
> > cell-phone companies say?
> >
> > Remember the car that ran on alcohol?  I SAW that car at
> > Harundale Mall in Glen Burnie MD when I was maybe 12 or 14.  It
> > was going to REVOLUTIONIZE the car manufacturing kingdom and
> > create an affordable car that could run on grain alcohol as well
> > as cetyl alcohol.
> >
> > Well, it DISAPPEARED.  Where did it go?  Did the
> > auto-manufacturers pay the inventor off?  What REALLY happened?
> > I've been asking that question for years.

I believe the car you are referring to is the Chrysler turbine. See 
<http://www.allpar.com/mopar/turbine.html> for the history of that design. 
It was a multi-fuel engine that would run on almost any combustible liquid 
fuel but it had its problems.