<div dir="auto">What about space elevators? This is a science fiction trope that has always captured my imagination! I have read that we may be about 30 years away from materials science giving us what's needed to actually build a beanstalk to the stars...<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I heard one estimate that claimed a space elevator could put a pound of colonist/equipment into orbit for only fifty dollars! An astonishingly low figure! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">A working space elevator would usher in a new era of pioneering for humanity.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 7:04 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 3:54 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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On 26/09/2020 22:33, Adrian Tymes wrote:<br>
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<div>I'm saying we just don't have enough energy available,
and are unlikely to ever have it, this side of the
singularity.</div>
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<div>Looking at historical rates of increase in energy
production and certain other data, I can say with almost 100%
certainty that you are incorrect on this point.</div>
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Well, I hope you're right. If you are, then never mind space
colonisation, with that much energy available, things would be
vastly different here on earth!<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>...which, depending on the details, might be why millions of people leave the planet. </div></div></div>
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