Published an email sent to the info at liftport dot com address in the blog, with it's reply. With luck the sender will happen by and and we can, like, you know, man, dialog.
The original, for reference.
Yes, no paragraphs and he smooshes his thoughts into rough form. Granted my calling Jorge out on grammer is a case of pot and kettle but still.
The original, for reference.
The idea of a space elevator is an interesting one; however it is destined to
fail. Why? the stresses on such a device would be enormous, not to mention the
cost of trying to construct such a thing. It would also gradually and eventually
influence the earths rotation and orbit, would be dangerous to put into place,
would eventually need repairs that would cost a billion dollars and the repairs
would also be very dangerous to perform. The best bet is still a space-plane
that can fly as high as it can with jet engines and then use rocket engines to
take it into earth orbit. This can be built big enough to carry cargo or
tourist. If we can build jumbo jets that carry hundreds of people 50 and 60
thousand feet up, we can build a space plane with stronger jet engines to take
it to the point where the rocket engines can take over and take it out of
earths atmosphere. And last but not least, to design all of the equipment and
the facilities needed before the thing is even built would cost millions if not
billions of dollars. So forget about taking the elevator.
Yes, no paragraphs and he smooshes his thoughts into rough form. Granted my calling Jorge out on grammer is a case of pot and kettle but still.
