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> From: L. Clayton Parker <lparker@cacaphony.net>
> To: KellySt@aol.com
> Subject: Re: starship-design: Space Elevators Maybe Closer To Reality Than Imagined
> Date: 01 Aug 2003 19:16:33 -0500
>
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 19:03, KellySt@aol.com wrote:
A couple things that always bothered me about space elevators.
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The author addressed all most of those concerns in the article. Whether it was enve practical or not was the primary issue until now, followed by cost. Apparently, a lot has changed in the last ten years. They now seem to be eminently practical and getting cheaper every day.
If they can be built at all, they are a sure thing to be cheaper and safer than ANY current launch system. Short of the invention of anti-gravity that is...
Lee
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