[ExI] Why no space colonies or lunar bases? was Mooon.

[David Lubkin]

John Grigg wrote:

>Keith, I would think the answer is to let technology mature to the 
>point where we can built an effective space elevator, circa 2030 or 
>2040.  And then the price of going into space plunges downward to I 
>believe around $100 a pound!

I would be very dubious about a space elevator on this planet.
There are too many loons who'd want to destroy it, and too
much uncertainty about what would happen if they tried.


-- David.