On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 05:12:53AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One of these is the Brin sky crane. I think it's feasible if you make the
You do, do you? And you base this considered opinion upon what, exactly? > crane really thin and curved along the direction of Earth's rotation, > with tension cables on either side for support. It would only have to > support several dozen "space trucks" at a time which would climb along > the crane until it reached an altitude where escape velocity would be > very small. These trucks then could be the size of today's trucks and > could carry enough fuel to go a long distance with cargo. .... > I welcome feedback and comments from people on this list, btw. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
