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the article doesn't say anything about it being on the moon, but in space.

My bad. L2 point. Check.

That's actually a pretty cool idea.

if you have something in space that close to the moon it's only a hop skip and a jump to land on it so any exploration there wouldn't really be a massive undertaking any longer plus you have the benefits of a station in space away from earth as a launching point for other places.

The best part is that this might necessitate a permanent transfer vehicle. I hope I live to see a spacecraft that is never meant to land anywhere. Just stays in space in the same way a ship stays in the ocean...

We could make use of these fancy ion engines for automated supply tugs...


Who am I kidding. They will totally cut the funding.

i kind of hope an asteroid comes out of nowhere and craters omaha or something. i think it's the wake up call we need to stop looking at space exploration as a novelty.

also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop


this is stupidly cheap for what it would do and would make having a permanent space vehicle practical as it would eliminate the need for rockets to ship payloads up.


of course no one will build it. ever.

solid contribution.

why is it nuts?

Yeah I actually thought the loop was one of the few ideas that actually had feasibility and such