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The Space Elevator - Public or Private?

Posted by michael on Tuesday September 21, 2004 @05:25AM from the deep-pockets dept.

AtomicGoat writes "The Space Review reports that a Space Elevator may not get built without help from the U.S. Government, but the notion that 'the DoD can also provide a sense of fiscal discipline when dealing with large, expensive programs' sounds like an Onion story. Right now a small private company (Liftport), not NASA or the Air Force, is in the lead on revolutionary space travel."

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Why? by NonGeekMoron · 2004-09-21 05:33 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Why are we wasting government money on an elevator that will take people into outerspace? Is there really a purpose to this thing or is it just a black hole that we're throwing money into? Seems like a waste of time and resources.