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Re: Colonizing the Solar System
Skywyze,
I like the scenario that you draw up. Just a couple of comments to add.
We are not evolved for life in zero g. We need to overcome theno gravity issue or we cannot colonize space.
The elevator you suggest shoud be much longer. I read about them being 62000 miles long so that geosync is the center of balance, and the end is actually well in excess of escape velocity. So to launch space missions you would just crawl them to a high point, let go at the correct moment, and you are launched into space.
Putting them on the moon might prove difficult because it turns so slowly, despite the lower gravity.
So if you want to build your vision of the future, what are the technologies that we need to be working on today to make it happen? What will be the key breakthroughs?
Bill
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