JimmyT wrote: Brian
Hey! Another space elevator fan. Another worthy project, albiet much less advanced and more complex, but also complimentary to this one.
The ironies, along the line of “For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; …”, abound. A paltry few million holds back progress on FF, which would enable the rapid building and powering of the Space Elevator for a paltry few billion, which would enable access to asteroid resources worth quadrillions.