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pwokenyaw — (archived)

Just to clarify, I'm not a scientist but something far worse - an environmental lawyer. Still, I'd say the difference between 20 years and tens of thousands of years is 2 or 3 orders of magnitude.

I think a space elevator or related technologies are the way to get a lot of mass from the earth, so we might as well build up that research instead of throwing money away.

The scientific return from Apollo missions was substantial although not cost efficient, and did nothing to create a permanent space presence. Same thing with a Mars mission. Buzz Aldrin's idea of a one-way trip is more interesting, but still dubious.

I lean somewhat towards believing in an end of oil in this century, but not likely to be much worse than the 70s oil shocks, let alone keeping us from fueling launchers.

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