From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Sun Jan 19 2003 - 03:08:57 MST
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, JAY DUGGER wrote:
> I would rather see NASA spend a little money on HighLift
> Systems. Those folks might build an orbital elevator.
Realistically, the cheapest and closest design target is a hypersonic
scramjet/rocked hybrid fueled by liquid hydrogen.
> Humans on Mars interest me less than cheap access to
> orbit.
What we need is cheap access to Luna surface. Given our low level of
technology any autonomous/autopoeitic system requires a pretty large
footprint.
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