With the amount of money they waste here on the planet, they could've solved a lot of the problems they face more than twice over. What's needed is the political will and know how to fix things...and a bit of moral backbone. But cutting money from something and putting it into another "black hole" wont fix anything. Although, trying to string a cable upto GEO and keeping it there will be a darn side harder and more expensive than coming up with a cost effective launch vehicle. I wouldn't like the job of putting it up.
Just had a thought...why not send the Shuttle out with a bang by connecting a huge roll of cable on the back and letting it all roll out on liftoff!!!
After they retrofit the Shuttle with large enough tanks to get it to GEO
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