This may be a ridiculous idea (IANAP), but I thought that it would be cool if we could stop this thing and put it into a geosynchronous orbit and use it as the space side anchor for a space elevator. It might save some of the huge costs involved with moving things into space. Then again, it may cost much more to do this. Just an idea...
It's like trying to break Microsoft's OS monopoly: "Yea, well our OS runs the GIMP!"
Gimp also runs under Windows, not that it really matters for this discussion, but I just thought you might want to know.
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Wish I had thought of this... I had the same idea ;)
This may be a ridiculous idea (IANAP), but I thought that it would be cool if we could stop this thing and put it into a geosynchronous orbit and use it as the space side anchor for a space elevator. It might save some of the huge costs involved with moving things into space. Then again, it may cost much more to do this. Just an idea...
It's like trying to break Microsoft's OS monopoly: "Yea, well our OS runs the GIMP!"
Gimp also runs under Windows, not that it really matters for this discussion, but I just thought you might want to know.
I for one welcome our new fedora wearing overlords!