On Sunday, June 8, 2014 3:34:55 AM UTC+12, jody lee wrote:
They need to change there approach, bigger rockets are not the answer.

smaller satellites and probes is the answer they need to go miniature

even Nano. surely a Nano probe could be fired into space (not orbit)

from a ground based canon. either that or put all there efforts into the

space elevator.









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jody lee

I've mentioned MEMS based systems as well. Nanosatellites are indeed interesting outcomes, with very small launchers. We still need minimum sized collectors and emitters however to meet the Rayleigh Criterion for optics. But within those constraints, small is good! Especially if it self-replicates, and is capable of swarming to form larger objects when needed.