[extropy-chat] Forbes Magazine on Robotics

[Michael Anissimov]

Here is a better alternative to the classic space elevator vision:

http://discuss.foresight.org/~josh/tower/tower.html

Or:

http://www.launchloop.com/

It's obvious that rockets won't work for serious space exploration,
but then neither will space elevators.  We will need to look towards
other solutions, many of which aren't very fleshed out at the present
time.


-- 
Michael Anissimov
Lifeboat Foundation      http://lifeboat.com
http://acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog