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If you had 'sufficient resources' what is the best way for people to go
into space for tourism within the next ten years? Guidelines: 1) No current unobtainium/wishalloy permitted That means space elevators are OUT- we dont have the nanotubes-sorry! Only stuff we know how to do right now. That also means no scramjets. 2) cheap is good (optimise for per-launch costs) By best I mean cheapest per person. You can launch them one at a time or thousands at a time. Fractions of a person is no good :-) Costs need not include R&D, but must include building launch vehicles and repair/replacement and all the usual costs (like wages etc). 3) You are allowed $20 billion in 2004 US dollars for your R&D Go ahead- knock us out- what's the best way that can reasonably work right now? It's just a bit of fun. There is a wishalloy cup for the winner. (Or atleast you'll wish you had one). |
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