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Perhaps they should be looking to further this project for 'free energy' rather than a ground to orbit lifting dodah. That could be an absolutly brilliant idea!
If they can do it, that is.
And I guess it wouldn't be 'free' as such - but endless yes.
But will the expense of fabricating so much cable and lifting it in pieces to orbit might remain too expensive to get off the ground. By the time the expense has come down enough to make it doable, we might find our launching systems are becoming quite economical in themselves. How many launches would be needed to cart 100 000km of cable into orbit? Man i don't even want to think about it.
Last edited by jungle11; 06-01-2009 at 01:45 PM.
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