I have long been fascinated by the idea of a skyhook, a platform in geosynchronous orbit at the equator with a cable/powered-lift-system/rope-ladder hanging down that can be used to reach orbit cheaply. IF the human race is actually going to leave the planet, AND there is no technologizable change in the physics of inertia, THEN we need a sky hook.
Liftport has a terrific gallery of what the platform migh tlook like.
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Krep. And now the Gallery is throwing errors when you load the page and try to update with new photos. Blast and cheerios I didn't want to deal with that tonight.
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