In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:10:05 -0800: Hi, [snip] >than a satellite; and need not be "launched" at all. The harvester >can be towed up to 3 or 4 miles in altitude by a tanker, and then >use a monopropellant to blast up to 60 miles for a single >harvesting pass of around a thousand mile loop, then return and >land conventionally at a special landing strip in Alaska, give up >the cargo, refuel and do it all over again - several trips per >day. Tons per day are possible. > >This is doable. There is no need for high-tech ballons, nor for >expensive satellites. Branson could pull this-off out of pocket >change (almost ;-) [snip] Actually, there is no need for any technology at all. What hydrinos there are will eventually come down in the rain. All you have to do is collect the rain water. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
