[ExI] SpaceX Super Heavy and Space Solar

[efc at disroot.org]

On Mon, 21 Oct 2024, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 4:46 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>       On Sun, 20 Oct 2024, Keith Henson wrote:
>       >> I love the idea personally, but I assume, cost aside, that there's
>       >> probably some hurdle, technical or political lurking inside there
>       >> somewhere.
>       >
>       > It is the dollar scale of the project that is the big hurdle.
>
>       Well, let's release Musk on it, and I'm sure it will be done in a couple
>       of years! =)
> 
> 
> Musk is free to pursue it already.
> 
> Notice that he isn't actively pursuing it.
> 
> If some power company were to approach SpaceX about setting up such a thing, using the money involved to subsidize a high launch rate
> the way Starlink has subsidized a high launch rate for the Falcons, then maybe.  But the scale of money would seem to exceed what
> even Musk is free to drop on it.

Ok, let's do it like this then. Can someone on the list please provide me 
with Musks email and phone number and I'll talk to him about it. ;)