[extropy-chat] good space shuttle article

[Mike Lorrey]

Actually, I wouldn't mind riding a real bomb propulsion system. Orion
needs doing. Five moderate sized nukes could put an aircraft carrier
worth of cargo and spaceship into orbit. I think the trade off is worth
it.

Space elevators are a penultimate system to develop, but we've got to
build lots of rockets between now and then to get the mass into orbit
we need to build the tools to build the tools to build the space
elevator. Besides that, we don't even have buckycable yet. Baby steps.

--- Henrique Moraes Machado <hemm at openlink.com.br> wrote:

> Why not start thinking *seriously* about space elevators? I don't
> think anyone can feel confortable with the idea of being pushed to
> space by a huge bomb on his back.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey at yahoo.com>
> To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] good space shuttle article
> 
> 
> (...)
> > Generally speaking, the traditional booster makers should develop
> > private cargo launching companies and boosters, while the x-prize
> > generation of entrepreneurs, along with other entrants, should be
> > dealing in the people orbiting business. By 2010, IMHO, NASA should
> be
> > contracting the sending of its astronauts to the ISS with a private
> > entity like Virgin Galactic or any competitors that crop up. They
> can
> > meet up there with any elements of a NASA interplanetary program
> they
> > launch on cargo launchers.
> 
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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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