From: vince@offshore.ai (Vincent Cate)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: We need a new way to get into space
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"Dan Goldin" <Dan@Goldin.com> wrote in message news:<W6U0a.28479$yb.1544575@twister.austin.rr.com>...
> I love this idea.  I know it is a long ways off, and the challenges are
> immense, but gosh, it really would change everything.

It seems odd to love an idea that probably can not be built in your
lifetime.

Why not love a much smaller spinning tether that we could build with
materials we have today?   See http://spacetethers.com/

  -- Vince